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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
r. r. BUILDING IN CHINA.
American Money Back of Chinese
Grand Trunk"

Railroad building in China is not
conducted with the ease that marks
the progress of construction in the
United States. On the Yuen Han, or
Grand Trunk, railway of China, for
the protection of works and workmen
the company has uniformed force
OF 500 soldiers. An attack was re-
Gently made on surveying party,
which was besieged in a native temple
and whose surveying instruments
were destroyed. A United States gun
boat quelled the riot.
The Engineering News says: THAT
a standard gage railway, having a
length of TAP miles, is now under con-
struction in China may net be known
to MANY of our readers. Not only is
this project of general interest on ac-
count of its magnitude, but it is of par
ticular interest in view of the fact
that it is being built with American
capital under the direction of Ameri-
can engineers.
THE Yuen Han railway will run
almost due north from Canton to
Wu-Chang, which is directly across
the YanaTse Kiang river from Han
kau. The preliminary location of the
route was made by William Barclay
Parscn of New York, now president of
the American China Development
company, which is building this trunk
line, and has already built thirty-one-
mile ranch line from Canton to San
Sui.
Mr. Parsons began his survey from
Hankau, starting with his party late
in the year 1898. The line, as run,
was TAP miles long, 500 miles of which
we're through district that no foreign
er had ever seen The surveyed line
was the longest that had ever been run
in China.
The maximum grade is s per cent,
the lire for the most part being
valley location, crossing a divide be-
tween the Wu-shin and the Yu-tanho
rivers, at an altitude of 1850 feet,
through a pass discovered by Mr..
Parsons and named after him. In this
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
A Natural Inference.

No one else draws the truly south
ein darlley and cracker" as Mr.
Komble does. He understands ana
appreciates them both artistically and
humanity Not long ago he was worat-
ing in Georgia.
Il was sketching," he said, 'aa
angular cracker who was posing fos
me. He had stood In various positions
for over an hour When | asked him
what ! should pay him, he replied:
wal, | reckon a nickel will do
Il Showed him the sketches ans
asked his opinion.
Pears ter me it's mighty puddiin
business fer man ter be doin. fSai
then yew couldn't be THROWN money
away like this fer me dom nothin' bnt
standin still. so ! reckon it must pay
yew suthin - Louisville Herald
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
BETTING ON THE RACES.

London Truth-The gullish herd who
hug the delusion that they can make
money by backing horses would do
well to read and inwardly digest the
speech OF the duke of Portland at
Mansfield on Saturday The duke
said that he was certain that IL he
had consistently betted, the money
would have gone in floods from his
exchequer into that of the bookmakers-
BE man as rich as Croesus, he has,
only to go on backing horses long
enough and in sufficiently large sums
of money to lose his fortune and most
probably finally to land himself with
disgrace in the bankruptcy court" IL
man can afford to lose the money he
stakes he has perfect right to amuse
himself by gambling The mischief
is that three-fourths of the people who
back horses are not in a position to bear
the losses that sooner or later they
incur. With the best of horses and
the best of information il is impos-
sible, says the duke of Portland, to
win in the long run by betting 1t is
futile for outsiders to except to do SO.
Diversion in Subdued Key.
Polly--Do you go to matinees during
Lent?
Dolly-Yes, but | always pick oss
the plays that make me cry.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
WITH THE MoNEYEo CLASS.

Alfred Belt is probably the richest
man in the world, He controls the
SoGth African diamond field; is AZ
years Old; g worth little less than
81 600. 900 Geo: lives 4 London and
draws S10,O00,000 a year in profits
from the diamond fields. He is single
Ten Yeas ago thcco was one bank
for every 1,190 inhabitants of the
United States; five years ago there
was one bank for every 1879; now
there is bank for every 4,410.
An Adamless Eden sort of bank
is projected for New York City. II is
to be capitalized and ofiicered by
women and will solicit the patronage
of women exclusively.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
The RAVEN DAYS

Our hearths are gone out and our
hearts are broken.
And but the ghosts of homes TO rs
remain,
And ghastly eyes ard hollow signs
give token
From friend to friend of an I'M
spoken pain.
o, Rasen days, dark Raven days OF
sorrow,
Bring to us in your whetted ivory
beaks
Some sign out of the far lans on To
morrow,
some strips of sea-green dawn
some orange streaks.
Ye float in dusky files, forever croak-
ing,
Ye chill our manhood with vom
creary shade.
Dumb in the dark. not even God in
voking,
We lie in chains, too weak to be
afraid
Q Raven days, dark Raven days of
Sorrow,
viii ever any warm light come
again?
VIII ever the lit mountains of -.
morrow.
Begin to CLEAN atnwart the mourn
full plain?
Sidney Lanier.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31

which is alright. out of which leads q
pipe TO an air-pump above. On the
faces OF other images are spectacles
resembling the goggles of the automo-
bilist designed especially for motor
men of street cars or stone-cutters or
plasterers.
The museum at Munich in 1902 con-
tanned 1923 specimens, of which 394
were fer security frem accident Three
large associations in France for the
prevention of accidents in factories
vie with each other in their efforts to
secure the best devices for the proven
ton Of accidents to workmen.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
REMUNERATION.

Do right, sweetheart, and perseyere.
With steadfast eye and brow austere
Apart our ways forever lie;
We must remember-you and T.
So shall we keep our conscience clear
And then, without reproach or fear
Wen drift asunder, year by year;
But, once--before we say goodbye,
Do write, sweetheart.
OF course in such exhalted sphere
| do not care fond words to hear;
Yet In my heart is just one cry
For one dear name before die;
So in the letter-ch, my dear,
DO write, Sweetheart"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31

ransferance of the practice was made
and the keys of the surgery shop
passed ON TO the new doctor. The two
then said good-by
Next morning the purchaser was set,
ting about his installation when
neighboring doctor said:
1T is a pity you paid anything for
it"
"Why?" was asked.
Because was the reply. your
friend had to leave the country this
morning, whether or no."
1t was related then tnat the man
who had gone had unwitt,ngly and
quite innocently got himself mixed up
in a poisoning case and the circum
stances were such that he would HayH
had the greatest difficulty IN cunvinc.
ing jury that he was not seriously
TO blame, if not more than that. So
he fed. and nothing more was heard
of him.
Six hundred patients a day to be
seen and advised Such record Ia
been achieved by a SiXpenny doctor
and that means Sis Gay, while eX.
! penseS. save for assistance are al.
most down to zero. Rent is mere
trife. there is no carriage to maintain
! all calls are made on foot or on hi,
, cycle-and all fees are cash down.
The s.Xpenny doctor has To harden
his heart on this point because h
knows that IL hA IN
into giving credit his income would
Quickly fade away into nothing
! Therefore, he viii see no patient, how
ever i'll, unless the siXpence is first
forthcoming, for he knows that ii can
always be. He walks down one of the
streets of his rounds and an old
woman beseeches him TO enter her
house and look at her husband who is
on sickbed. She says she will pay
him the fee at the week end, not hav-
ing penny in the house just now.
The C)ctor slances throu2h the door.
remarks upon a nice new ornament
on a side table. and says there is time
to pawn something before he comes
down the street again in an hours
time, When he does look in later on
his fee is ready, and there has been
no visit to the sign of the three balls.
OF course, 600 patients would be
more than enc doctor could see in one
day in any circumstances Sixty OF
them would supply a very hard DAYS
work, which many medical men would
really regard as an impossibility, but
the siXpenny medico is used to feats
of this kind, and for variety and ex-
perience his practice is one of the fin.
est Imaginable All the work that he
cannot do himself is done by assist
( ants of whom he has sometimes three
or four. and they are paid anything
| from 3 to . guineas a week
Yet, with all his experience and all
his success. the siXpenny doctor who
is still man OF as refined and edu
Gated tastes as any other. banker
alter practice where there are fewer
Sums and more social pleasures. am
when he has cured some thousands oI
the poor and saved a considerable
sum of money be not infrequently
steals away to substantial residence
in a country town with the shiniesi
of brass plates on the door
There are moist eyes in the slums
that day, and next morning. with a
reckless extravaganza. complaints are
| invented to serve as an excuse for a
visit of inspection to the new doctor
| The sixpenny doctor has departed
and another reigns in his stead.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
DOCTORS WHO CHARGE TWELVE
CENTS A PRESCRIPTION.
PATIENTS ARE NUMEROUS
Scores of Visits Made Daily in
Slum Distriets-Some Sell Their
Practice and Retire With an Am
Pile Comnetence-Others Seek Bel
ter Class.

Cassell's Journal.-ln the high-clas $
medical circles of the west end OF
London, as in Harley street, there are
doctors who cannot be consulted tor
five minutes with reference to one ol
the smallest ailments which flesh Is
heir to without a fee of guineas, be-
coming due to them. Tritiing attend
ance might cost 10 guineas, the small
est operation 20 and proper attention
and treatment through an illness
could run into the hundreds without
doubt.
The sharp contrast is in the east
end and the other lower parts of the
metropolis. where there is what is
known as the sixpenny doctor. an able
medical man who has a universal fee
for all patients and all degrees of at
tendance. Ii is sometimes siXpence,
sometimes a shilling. but there are
cases where fourpence only is the
, recognized remuneration.
These doctors are genuine Nj. ID. S
above all suspicion, their skill is UNI
questioned. and often enough they
give quite as much laborious attention
to difficult case among their poor
clients for their meager siXpenny re-
ward as their brother medicos in the
west end would do for 100 guineas,
and quite likely, too, with as bepe-
fetal results. Nor are they so poor
as some might think.
SiXpences make shillmgs, then
pounds. then hundreds and then thou
sands-if there are sufficient of them.
That is the simple logic of the medi-
cal man who takes a shop in a dirty,
| rough-looking street and sets himself
up as a sixpenny doctor
| 1t is usually a shop that he engages
| for his consulting-room, surgery and
dispensary combined for his poor pa,
] tents have less hesitation in going
| there than they would have to a pri
vate house. Inside the door there IS
an arrangement of paneling and aper
lures like those at a railway booking
Office, which is designed to preserve
decorum and order among the un
couth patients when they are await
ing by the score their turn for atten
ton
. practice like this may be built III
by the hard work of years or il may
| be bought al big price. Five thou
| sand pounds might be asked for ii and
| be really cheap for the money. but
now and again circumstances bring
one into the doctors market at re-
duction on value.
Late one night a sixpenny doctor
sought out friend who conducted a
more high-class but less remunelative
practice and said to him:
Look here, old chap, you have
often said you would like to buy my
practice If you could afford it. ! want
to clear out at once--in fact. ! want
to sail from England tomorrow morn.
ing How much. cash down tonight
The other was surprised, and while
he was bordering bow many sou-
sands would be a fair offer the SIX
penny doctor broke in with:
III take goo cash, TO be paid
within an hour Receipts last year
were e1.100"
All this seemed very strange. but
the one thing certain was that the
practice was there. and that It was
worth twenty times the money. Forty
five-pound notes were scraped to
gether and handed over. a formal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
Panama Canal and Mississippi Valley


Charles NJ Harvey predicts that the
Panama Canal will establish new bar
ances and shift the countrys trade
center to the Mississippi valley. Mills
are getting nearer to the sources ss
supply. and the supplies of four-fifths
of the more important commodities
are in the great central plain between
the Alleghanies and the Rockies
Fifty per cent of American cotton lis
now manufactured in the south, as
against "a per cent thirteen years ago
Since the natural outlets Cor large
part of this southern cottmmanufac
ture are gulf ports, ii may fairly be
assumed that the opening Of sine Pan
anna waterway viii stimulate hocIr
ton.production and cotton.manggssc-
ture in the fertile States of the lower
ssissippi valley.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
HEALTH MEANS BEAUTY.

Ii you wish to be beautiful there are
four rules you must follow. Here they
are: Have plenty of exercise ana
fresh air, good food, sunshine and lots
of sleep. This last is most necessary
A hot bath and a few hours sleep
will do wonders to renew a youthful
appearance.
Never eat or work if you are over
tired. The digestive organs with
surely refuse to do their task properly,
and you will suffer the reaction.
It is always best to obey natures
laws just as strictly in regard to your
complexion, as well as our lives
Use tepid water to wash in, and il
it is hard little borax will soften IT,
as hard water is vary bad for the skin
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31

kissing fashionable young lady on
the cheek is one way to remove paint
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31

Ere long the merry birds will call
And flowers in glad array
VIII gid the earth; and, best of all,
The hens will start TO lay
Washington Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
AINsT SOCIALISM.

AINST SOCIALISM.
bGneFe rsons who
THAN their noses eA
that the Northern
is the forerunner of
ms to us the reverse
Iment is that to lay.
AT the public must be
THE entertainment of
vof capital is a blow at
|ef the individual.
r civilized government
iual holds his property, as
life itself, on terms of
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31

swee; Singer-Did you notice the
new diamonds in my ears?
Comedian-Ye they are very large
and attract great deal Of attention.
Sweet Singer Thank you.
Comedian meant the ears.--Chica-
60 News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-03-31
HUMOROUS.

so you are an advocate Of vegetaF
ianism?"
yes"
For what reasCn?'
IF can persuade everybody else 10
live on vegetables perhaps eggs and
beef viii become cheap enough for me
to have all ! want OF them ~ Wash
ingtOn Star
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26

The Hon. John Sharp Williams,
floor leader Of the Democracy ia
tho House OF Representatives, has
introduced a bill for the relief of
the sufferers by the fire at Balti-
more by rebate Of duties on build
ing material and suspension Of
certain internal revenue taxes. BY
SO doing he has again put the Re-
publicaus 10 u hole, soaped the
sides aud pulled mp the ladder IL
they refuse to pass the measure
they will 20 up against u precedent
established when the Chicago fire
occurred in 1871 aud thereby rob
many honest men who have been
unfortunate. II they do pass it
they will admit the Democratic
contention that the tariff is a tax
aud that the tax is paid by the con
sinners of the country and not by
the foreigners, as maintained by
them. They are up against it.
This bill outs both ways like the
nigger's coon trap. 1t catches
them a comm aud a goin.' Let
the CALLED jade vince.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26

ton is hereby fixed Mt Ton Thousand
Dollars. represented by two hundred
shares of Fifty Dollars ench which
bo paid nj such time and under
such regulations as the Board of hi
roctors mny determine or il may hc
issued Mt not less than par in payment
of property purchased by or for labor
aud service rendered the said Corporn
ton which shall not begin business
until one hundred shares of the cnpl
tnl stock shall have been subscribed.
All transfers of stock shnlI be made ON
tho books of the company aud shall
hc signed 10y the stakeholder or his
attorney
The corporation shall commence
business ne soon as uur hundred shares
of the capital stock shnll hay" boon
subscribed for.
At all elections by on meetings Of
the stockhoIdrrs onch share of the cap
itnl stock shall bc entitled tu one vote
to hc voted either by tho person in
whose namC the stock appears upon
tho books of the corporation ut the
time OF the voting. or by his ngeut ur
proxy duly authorized ~ writing tn
that effect
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
Succession Sale.
SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH SANDERS.
10Th judicial District Court. Parish oil
Iberia, State OF Louisiana.

Nv vidnc Of decree Of The honorable
10TH III lieinl District Court, Of the State
of loui-inua, IN aud for the Parish of
Iberia. dated February 2Gth, 1904, order.
ing aud decrcrirg he sale Of the property
her, iu,ftcr described. belonging 10 said
auccr .ipu to pay the debts thereof , NJ
well ~ he costs Of morlunry proceedings:
|. Wa"w Jprrph Sanders, lrstanrntatv
.execn't,N ct -nid succ,, sipu, viii uif'r tor
sale. th,rurh r a. heruuor. public uuc-
iionr,r. AND vii adindtcnt" and srli, T."
the last aud highest hldd",, II public Hur.
ton ,,l,. IT tho t"uii llnu+r Ia b'tln
Pnti-h
U< SATURDAY. ApKiL . 1901
htv,.t, trrnl sale htr'", t"r in~h, The
pro,n,t,. h,l,,ul in-s t" tn, s,,t su". tn.
of Which 'he i,llbw,nE a. a dr.' tI'tiuu,
to vii
lsf. n certain tract of land with ali
the buildings aud improvements thereon
aud ihrreunto belonging. lying and being
situated in the town of JeHnerette, in
Parish of Iberia. State of Louisiana, con
tanning aud measuring forty one (41) feet
front on the public road by a depth of
ninety six 900 feet and bounded on the
north by lot below described, south by
public road, east by lot of Pholander
Smith, aud west by property of }. &,
Akers.
2nd. Another lot Of ground unimproved
lying aud being situated within the cor
porate limits of the town of Jeanerette
Parish of Iberia, State of Louisiana, con
tanning aud measuring sixty three (63)
feet front by depth between parallel lines
- al lao, tai
the north by lot of j. &. Akers, east by
lot Of lberir Building Association, south
by lot above described and Pholander
Smith, and west by lot of j. &. Akers.
Ord. A certain lot Of ground with NIL
the buildings aud improvements thereon
and iherounto belonging, lying aud being
situated within the corporate limits Of the
town of Jeaneretie, Parish of Iberia,
State of Louisiana, containing aud mems
uring ninety six 600 feet front on Nor
gan Louisiana aud Texas K. Il. tract by
n depth between parallel lines of one hun
drcd and ninety two feet, md bounded on
the north by land of fholnndrr Smith,
south by land of Sam Mamma, east by
said X. x. tract aud west by lot of Eli
Brent or assigns, and being known ~ the
saloon property.
ath. Another certain lot ground with
all the buildings and improvements there
on ana thcreunio belonging, lying aud
being situated on The east side Of the Il X.
tract, in the town of Jeanprotte in the
Parish Of Iberia, State of Louisiana, con
tanning aud measuring Gfty-two $50 feet
front on Mienviele street by depth of
the eastern line adjoining the Delaunne
property of 900 feet, and on the western
line adjoining the property of tho .Icaner
ette Building Association of ninety 600
feet and bounded north by said Minvielle
street. on the south by lot of Estate of
Jos. Sanders, east by lot of Estate of
Emile Delaunne, and west by lot of Jean
erette Bnilding Association,
Terms, Cash.
MRS. WIDOW JOSEPH SANDERS,
Testamentary Executrix.
New Iberia, In, Feb. 2G, 1904.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
More Riots.

Disturbances of strikes are not near
OF the system. Overwork, loss of
sleep, nervous tension will be followed
by utter collapse, unless reliable
remedy is Immediately employed.
There's nothing 40 efficient to cure
disorders Of the Liver or Kidneys rs
Electric Bitters It's a wonderfully
tonic, and effective nervine and the
greatest all around medicine for run
down systems. 1t dispels Nervous
ness, Rheumatism and Neuralgia and
expels Malaria germs. Only Soc, and
guaranteed by Estorge
Drug Co
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26
ChAS. |. PROVOST
Real Estate AGENT.

For sale on easy terms, a first class
plant alton OF $50 acres. Situated In Petite
Anse, about 4 miles South OF New Iberia
food large residence on place, also two
smaller houses In good condition. Torms
$4,000 Cash. Balance 10 years il desired.
Barn 32x40, 2 chicken houses 8x8, Pota-
toes houses. carriage houses, so Pecan
trees, 25 bearings; Pear trees, Fig trees,
Peach trees.
Ono Lot on Centar st. next to Joe Platz-
meyer,
81 feet on Center st. by 400 in depth,
alley In rear suitable for two lots.
Lots near Race track being lots in
block 50x150 each.
! Farm fronting Bayou Teche cont tain
ing 60 arpenis at $50 mn arpent, suitable
for eanr. ,t... some impr Ivements, two
miles below Olivier.
Farm with good honse, well suited for
cane mile from derrick containing %8
arpents, in first class condition at e32 u
an arpent.
A acre tract OF land one mile south OF
New Iberia with house and s rooms.
Good stable and fences. For sale cheap.
CHAS. l.. PROVOST.
Cont House, New iberia
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-03-26

The mammoth mass meeti:gr
OF the Republicans, held in New
Orleans at Washington Artillery
Hall Saturday night, consisted OF
about 500 people all told, including
the spell-binders. Contrasted
with the mammoth Blanchard meet
ing at the sa nie place IN January,
when there were from G 600 10 8 900
people present, it is easy to see that
the Louisiana Republican is lead
ing n forloru hope when he goes
v"te is eliminaied.--Itess.