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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-22
cHRoNoMETERS ON ICE.
How Uncle Sam Regulates Their Time
at Washington.

Brooklyn Eagle-One hundred ship
chronometers kept in cold storage is
one of the many remarkable things to
be seen at the United States naval op-
servatory at Washington, To the lay
man it would appear that the auhori.
les were apprehensive that the time
pieces would spoil" One more ex-
perienced would reason that the pro-
cess had something to do with regulat-
ing their time-keeping qualities.
Neither surmise is correct. The fact
of the matter Is the chronometers are
allowed to go ticking merrily on in
their own way and time. No one hur-
ries them and no one tries to diminish
their speed. Yet so important is alb
solutely correct time ON shipboard
that difference of four seconds means
mile in longitude may mean war
ship on the rocks.
While no one corrects the running
of these chronometers, most accu-
rate record is kept of their manner of
running" under different tempera-
lures, This is why they are kept on ice.
! The regular annual chronometer trial
begins January and ends June %,
and during this period there is scarcely
a minute of the day that the time
keepers are not under the closest OBJ
servation of experts. who can tell their
variations to hairs breadth. all of
which are carefully noted on record,
and. at the completion of the test,
handed to the commander of the vessel
to which the instrument belongs. The
temperature varies at different times
of the test from so TO so degrees. and
the losing or gaining qualities of the
thermometers under these conditions
are accurately kept. Thus, with a
chart expressing in curves just what
he may expect from his chronometer
under different conditions of climate.
and. with his thermometer and barom-
eter close at hand. the sailing master
may calculate to nicely the correct
time aad get his location to a GER
tainty
| The importance of a central station
where navy chronometers and other
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-22

navigating instruments may be stan
dardized is not appreciated outside OF
those directly interested, despite the
fact that millions of dollars and thou
sands Of lives are wholly dependent
on the efficiency of the service in this
line of work. 1t is essentially neces.
sary that chronometers should be reg
ulated by common standard, and, in
order that this may be done successful.
ly, the same person who transmits all
over the country the standard time
should have charge of them, In other
countries there are several naval OBJ
servatories that do the work which the
Washington observatory is practically
doing alone.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-22
How To Save Money

Write Marsh Mfg. Co., 538 w. Lake
ST., Chicago. for catalogue. They sell
5 Piece Upholstered Parlor Suits
worth $40 for SIS. SIS Morris chairs
for 81. SIS Hot Blast Stoves for $500.
s25 graphaphones for $40. 75c. razor
hone for Csc. s. gold pens for s1.00.
IS revolving book cases for $3.50.
And anything you can name at less
than same can be bought of any one
else. Catalogue free. Write at once
for IL and save money.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-22
The Horrid Man of 1t.

well" said Adam, when he awoke
and found Eve waiting there, 81 don't
suppose Wen get any wedding pres
ents, but I'm glad of it,
"You horrid thing" she replied,
why do you say that?'
''If we had friends they'd nearly kill
us with breakfasts, dinners, suppers
balls, theater parties and other func,
tions, at which we would have to be
exhibited prior to the wedding"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-22

James what are you doing to Will
lie?" asked the school teacher.
HE wanted to know if you take ten
from fifteen how many would remain.
So took ten of his marbles to show
him. and now he wants them back
We'll. why don't you give them to
him them"
"Coz he'd forget how many is left"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-22
A Pair.

1.-TWO interesting things happened
at Popey's house the other night
Hear about 'em?"
mo; what we're they?"
boy and girl. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Knock Over Your Idols.

The st. Louis Star, making
an appeal for clean government
in that state, says to Missouri
democrats:
LET democrats knock over
their idols, this one time at least
in the interest of their own ma
terial prosperity
The same appeal can be made
to the democrats of the nation, and
it should be needed. They are
asked to vote for a man who has
had no experience of the Kind es-
sential to fit him for executive
capacity; a man who is backed
by Wall street and trust interests;
whose utterances have been prov
en- to either be untrue or exag-
gerated. Judge Parker has de-
monstrated that he would be un-
safe in the presidential chair and
asthe campaign has progressed
the demonstration has become
more noticeable. With such a
man held up as the idol of demo-
cracv is it not now time to urge
democrats to knock over their
dols?-South Bend Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Brick in West Virginia.

While on a speech-making tour
of West Virginia several weeks
ago Hon. A. L. Brick addressed
a large audience at Berkey
Springs. Messenger of that city
commenting Mr.. Bricks Speech,
among other things, said: ''Those
who failed to hear Hon. A. L.
Brick Saturday missed a delicious
treat. He paints the prettiest
word pictures that an audience
ever listened to and holds his
hearers spellboupd. Not a few
dim eyes were seen when he spoke
of the martyred presidents and
the loye every American citizen
should have for his country and
his flag. Mr.. Brick, who is held
in the highest esteem in lis
home state. has represented the
Thirteenth Indiana district in
congress for the past six years
and is sure to be reelected in
November. He is regarded by
Speaker Cannon as one of the
most valuable men in the house
of representatives. Those who
heard his speech Saturday fell
in love with him and hope he
will visit our town again. South
Bend Labor Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
New York City Too Large.

While in this city x-Senator
David B. Hill stated in the course
of a conversation regarding the
Empire state that he very much
regretted the consolidation of
New York, Brooklyn, etc., into
one vast municipality under the
name of Greater New York. He
regarded this consolidation a CO.
lossal blunder, subversive of To-
cal government in the true sense
of the term. Individuality is sub
merged, local interests are jeo-
pardized, the tendency is inevita-
bly, toward Capitalization, and
the machinery assumes gigantic
proportions. The scheme had
it's origin in the brain of men
who were blinded by the bland
ishment of greatness and vast
ness. Many of those who favor
ed it at the time now perceive
the folly thereof. Unfortunate
ly no remedy is in sight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
The Ship And The Sea.

If you vote the republican tick
ct you know what you are doing.
The republican record and the
republican profession are at one.
They avow whatthey have done.
They make no apologies, no ex-
cuses for it. They say that un
der similar circumstances they
will do the same again. Whether
right or wrong they are clear,
explicit, Straightforward. They
ask no mans vote on false pre-
lenses. On the other hand-and
/ wish to speak with respect Of a
great party which embraces SO
many goodGcitizens, so many OF
our valued friends-no wizard son
of a seventh son can tell wha;
the democratic policy is. what
they would do with the govern
ment if they were given it. Their
platform is a set of turbid and
evasive phrases. Theutterances
of their public men are shlfty
and self-contradictory. They
talk of a policy of adventure.
have yet TO hear of an advent.
ure so reckless and wild as in.
trusting the fortunes of the re-
public to an aggregation like the
democratic party of today-a for
tuitous concourse of unrelated
prejudices. We can say tonight
what has so often been said be.
fore in times of far more danger
and stress than these, that the re.
publican party is the ship-all
else is the sea. 1t is the only
certainty in sight. from Secre-
tary Hays speech.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Russia's Lack Of Statesmen.

AS a matter of fact, there has
not been a statesman of the first
class in Russia since Peter the
Great, and none of the second
class unless Nesselrode and the
first Emperor Nicholas are to
be excepted. To consider Prince
Gortchakoff a great chancellor
on account of his elaborate dis.
patches is absurd. The noted
epigram regarding him is doubt
less just, "'C'est un Narcisse
qui sc mire dams son encrier.
To call Rim a great statesman. in
the time of Cavour, Bismark,
Lincoln and Seward is preposter.
Gus. Whatever growth Russia
has made in the last forty
years has been mainly in spite of
the men who have posed before
the world as her statesmen; the
atmosphere Of Russian autocra-
cy is fatal to greatness in her
public men.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Aged Horse Thief.

The oldest horse thief in the
United States, if not the world,
has just been sentenced for fif-
teen years in the Green County
Circuit Court to his fifth term in
Waupun Wis. since 1875. The
man is G. j. W. Agrelius "a years
of age. He is said to have come
to this country from Sweden on
account of a duel. For years he
has been stealing horses in south
ern Wisconsin. He would run
them over into northern Illinois,
where he is said to have hidden
them in a cave. When the hue
and cry died away he would take
them further south and dispose
of them. Argelius, in spite of
the evidence, protested with
tears streaming down his face
that he was innocent and had
been when sentenced before.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Is It Worth While?

The Indianapolis Star an Inde-
pendent paper, after summing up
the political situation asks the
following questions: Is it worth
while, then. to buy a barren dem
ocratjc victory-a victory which
confessedly can not accomplished
anything in the way of national
legislation, at the perilous and
yet unknown price of the shock
and uncertainty that victory will
give to business of every kind? I?
Parker's election will provoke
both financial and tariff agita-
ton. A popular reversal of the
Mckinley and Roosevelt polici$s
will induce spirit of caution,
hesitation, unwillingness to make
heavy ventures until the full ef-
feet ST the election can be seen.
In return for this shock and doubt
we get-wLat? Absolutely moth
ing iu the way of remedial legis-
lation. Is the bargain one that
appeals to sensible menP
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Our Corn Treasure.

This country has not forgotten
Cor perhaps it has) the mission
ary work of Corn" Murphy, as
the gentlemen was called who
devoted many years of his life
and his own fortune to teaching
Europe the value ofour maize as
food. Later. the government
wisely made him special agent
to this end. He induced the Ger
man government to make expert.
ments, and as a result the i'm
perlal board of health announced
that a good bread could be made
of a mixture of corn and other
fiours, and more than 800 baker
les in Berlin were ten years
ago selling this mixed bread
cheaper than rye bread. Mr..
Murphy now writes to the Brook
lyn Eagle that we can have equal
ly good results by mixing corn
and wheat flour, He says the
preparation of corn can be infin-
itely more varied than that Of
wheat and that Americans have
never taken proper pride in
their great native cereal. AS he
looks into the past this is what
he sees:
The ruddy face and stout
body of the child of fifty years
ago, followed by the strength
and constitution of the man and
woman, was little less than a
tribute to the excellence of mush
and milk for the child, hog and
hominy for the adult But with
the removal of the andirons and
the crane the ash cake, Johnny
cake, hominy and pudding are
little more than a tradition with
people of the present day.
Mr.. Murphy recommends that
our bakers add 25 per cent. of
corn -four (which costs only one
fourth of wheat) to the
wheat -four, saying that
the mixture will make a more
wholesome and digestible bread
than the all-wheat flour bread,
There will be no difference per-
ceptible in taste or appearance,
he says, and it will keep fresh
longer. To pastry of all kinds
he recommends an addition of so
per cent. of corn -four. These
suggestions are surely worth
needing. Europe is coming
slowly to use our corn.-Indiana-
polls News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Do The People Want a Lawyer
in That Office.

On Tuesday, November, 8,
prosecuting attorney for the 41s1
judicial district will be chosen by
the voter of Marshall and Fulton
counties. On that day the voters
will hire man to take charge oi
the criminal business OF those
counties for the next two years
The question arises, will they
hire a lawyer or will they hire
man who is not a lawyer because
the men of their party who do
not want criminals prosecuted
and the laws enforced have sue
ceeded in putting such a man on
their ticket?
We have N this county de-
tectiye association to assist in
catching horse thieves; associa.
tions of good men may be form
ed for detecting and prosecuting
other criminals, but these asso-
Citations cannot accomplish much
if the prosecuting attorney of the
district is not a lawyer.
If any voter of this county had
a case of great Importance in
court he would hire a good law.
yer and be would not ask wheth-
er he was a democrat or a repub-
lican. He would inquire whether
he was honest and competent,
we'll versed in law and willing to
do his whole duty for his client.
Voters who hire a lawyer for
an entire district ought to exer-
else the sane judgement, common
sense and honesty that they
would exercise in hiring a law.
yer for themselves.
On election day every voter
will assist in hiring either S. j.
Hayes or j. A. Molter to take
charge of the states business
in Marshall and Fulton counties
for the next two years.
Mr.. Hayes is good lawyer OF
more than % years experience,
almost the entire legal bust
ness of the northeast part of this
county has been intrusted to him
for years. He can be depended
upon to do the states business
as it should be done.
When you go to the polls on
election day ask yourself the
question if your son was murder
ed or even your best horse stolen
by william who was tactful and
resourceful, understood the in
tricacies of the law and could
hire good lawyers to defend him.
would you hire ]. A. Molter to
prosecute him? Honor bright
now. would you? Then hire q
lawyer for Marshall and Fulton
counties ON election day. Be
honest with yourself and your
country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Indiana's Taxable Property.

State Statistician johnson has
given out figures regarding the
taxable wealth of Indiana from
his forthcoming report. He
finds the total taxable wealth of
the state, including lands and i'm
provements, lots in cities, per-
sonal property. assets ofrailroads
and telephone companies,
amounted to 81, ,554, 627. la, or
1874 for each of the 200, 900 in
habitants of the state. The
railroads pay taxes on $177. 402,
1853 worth of property, or about
eleven per cent. of the total tax
es. The value of farm lands has
increased eleven per cent. in the
last four years. Marion county
leads in the value of farm lands,
the average being S48.23 per
acre; Perry county is the low
est. with an average valuation
eff s. 06 per acre.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Wonderful Helen Keller.

Helen Keller, that wonderful
deaf, dumb and blind girl who
has trlumphed over her physical
defects and reached such heights
of culture and ability, in her re-
cent visit to st. Louis, it has been
truly said that she found nothing
there so wonderful as herself.
In her lecture she defined the ex-
position as "a great manifesto
ton of all the forces of enlight-
enment, where mans thousand
torches burn together" AS she
stood before that vast audience
that she could neither see nor
hear, delivered her great and mas
terful speech telling of her ap-
probation of what had been done
for her, there was scarcely dry
eye in the entire assemblage.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
Democrats and Negroes.

In view of the brisk Irritation
which the democratic leaders in
Indiana are conducting with
some of the negroes, particularly
with George L. Knox in Indiana
polls, the republican managers
have felt called upon to print a
pamphlet setting forth the opin
ions expressed in times past on
the subject of the negro by prom
iuent exponents of the Indiana
democracy. The purpose of the
pamphlet is to show that the af-
lection now Iavished by demo
cratic leaders on the black man
is new and strange departure.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03

Before the letter Of acceptance
dated at Escpus was published there
were those who were sanguine and
credulous enough to hope that some
battle cry-some one ringing sentence
might be found in it that might be
used effectively in the campaign. The
ringing sentence is there sure enough,
but we are not hearing much about It
from reorganizer sources. II will 70
woke that order" it says. It rings,
II is true, but it sounds a false note.
and the reorganizer megaphones there
fore are not burdened with it
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03

In settling the estate of a Phil
adelphia physician a few days
ago a collection of 54, 00C shares
of stock were sex at auction for
$40. They were not shares in
oil companies, as Star readers
may hastily suppose, but repre-
sented twenty or more enterpris-
es, most of them in the coal min
ing and land investing line. The
ways in which hard working peo-
pie not versed in financial mys-
teries invest their savings is
very commonly a matter of sur
prise to experienced business
E1en.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03

interested in having good
county commissioners. For this
office we present the names of
William Beatty and William L.
Yantiss. Both are good men and
both will be of incaculable value
on the board of commissioners
with a county couecil composed
entirely of the opposite party. 1t
really seems absolutely necessary
for the best interests of the coun-
ty that Beatty and Yantiss
should be elected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03
COUNTY SURVEYOR
His Is a Business Office Not a
Political Office. Vote for
VanVactor.


greatly disturbed over our arti-
Gle on the surveyors office. He
says it is "flap trap" and in
sulting and urges democrats to
vote the ticket straight. This
sounds different from his edito-
rials two years ago. Then his
democracy was on a par with the
democracy of quite few in North
township this year. Now it is
more like Tammany, vote it
sraight and thereby vote for
men whom we know are entirely
unfit for the Offices"
Metsker says: Vote for men
not because they are honest and
capable but because they are on
our ticket.
That is the kind of politics ad-
vocated by the Democrat. Spoils!
spoils. Let him do more county
printing: let him publish more
legal notices, but vote it straight.
Men who stand around and yell
"vote it straight" are generally
grafters: or those who are anx-
iously waiting for an office, or
prejudiced fools.
Is it not more manly to say to
our fellow man 'vote for the one
whom you think the most
worJhy?". Which should we place
the higher party or honestly.
Is it not bad politics to infer
that we must not criticise an Of
fetal who has not done his duty?
Yet, he says for doing this
we have insulted democrats.
Let him explain why it takes S45
for alloting the Carver ditch
over three miles long and S66
for alloting the Shultz ditch less
than a mile long.
Let him tell the voters why
one surveyor can allot 40 miles
of ditch for $1,000 and another
surveyor only S miles for the
same amount.
While he is about it he might
explain certain bills for printing
which have been criticised and
only partly allowed--but we may
insult.
The books and records are OPP
en- he says. ne know it and
that is just the reason we pub
lished the article. We have ex-
amined these records thoroughly.
We offered no insult to the
county council nor did we ques-
ton their honesty, but honest
men are sometimes deceived.
The first council was non-par
tisan being composed of both
democrats and republicans. To
be sure they had no records to
examine and had to depend upon
what the surveyor told them and
what was stated of his requisi-
ton.
Now it is quite different for
there are plenty OF records and
bills to examine in order to OBJ
tain all the information needed
both as to the amount which
should be appropriated and
whether this money has been
earned before it is drawn out of
the county treasury.
1t is not right to pay officials
for work they do not do. We
think it wrong to pay officials
who work by the day, for days
they are fishing, visiting their
friends. working on their farms
or laying around in the shade
telling stories. The above words
will not insult any official who is
doing his duty. The first to yell
and complain is always the
quality.
We have been told a great deal
about rascality in high places
and that the government should
be economically administered.
"Clean out these offices" they
say, let US apply this advice
at home, let us clean out the sur
veYor's office by electing David
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03

The democratic barrel is said
to be wide open in New York.
This being the case the brethren
in Indiana will continue to go
hungry; nothing will be left for
them when the grasping New.
Yorke,,s get through.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-11-03

The murderer takes single
life; the corruptionist in public
life, whether he be bribe giver or
bribe taker, strikes at the heart
of the commonwealth.
The colored American., 1904-04-16
JUBILEE SINGERS WANTED.

Miss Belle Gibbons of the Jubilee
Singers who are now doing Australia
writes for 2 sopranos, 1 tenor and 2
basses who are willing to go to Mel
boure, Australia, for service with the
Jubilee Troupe. Expenses are paid
from starting point to destination.
Leave America about April 1. 1904.
All other expenses paid while in the
employ of the Company Contract
guaranteed for one year or more to
suitable person. Good salary.
For further particulars, call or ad-
dress:
J. Henry Lewis.
II I45O 0 Street NV