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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
REGARD MONEY As Dress.
Indians Have Little Conception Of the
Intrinsic Value of Circulating Media

indians Have Little Conception Of the
Intrinsic Value Of Circulating Media.
Indians who have had few oppo =
have exceedingly primitive ideas Of
the value of money and hence are
Easy victims to the avarice Of I'm
scrupulous fruntiersmen and aGven-
,urers. Nor do they seem to learn
anything in this respect by e..per.-
, ence, that best, though dca est. Of all
teachers. A. b. Moore, a live stock
dealer Of Kansas City. told a story to
illustrate the truth of this statement.
In 1897, Mr. Moore said, he grazcd
10000 sheep in the Ponca Indian com
try. The latter part of the summer
the water gave out on his range and
his only show was to buy a right OF
way to the river over lands owned by
IN old Ponca Indian He TOOK
one of his herders, who had had some
experience with the Indians, along
with him and went to see the old In.
dian.
When Mr. Moore made his business
known as best he could he gruntel
and pointed to his sQuaw. She very
promptly placed the price of water
privileges over their land at 81
head for all stock, That would be
$4,000 and Mr., Moore was ready to
drop dead, when the herder said
Show her some money and keep on
talking Mr., Moore expected to be
.calped right there, but he took fol.
big silver dollars from down deep in
his trousers pockets and offered the
indian woman that amount for the
privilege TO water his sheep. Their
vas q smile that started at the corue
Of her mouth and passed all owe" he.
face, She pointed to the river am
said; sheep drink in Indians r,v-
err" The squaw told the old Indian
to set the ponies and they rode over
to the agency and signed the lease il
the presence Of the agent-os rather
their mark TGe Indian woman so
the 81 and the sheep enjoyed the clear
water OF the river the remainder o
the summoc.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25

has, it seems, proved a complete fail
ure. Recruiting stations, in charge
of naval officers, have been opened
! throughout the interior of the country.
/ Here are enlisted men Of almost every
occupation. When a sufficient num-
Der are recruited they are sent in
crowds to the different receiving ships
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,
where they are again transferred to
training ships. On these they are
given fire weeks training in the rudi-
ments of seamanship; they are then
! drafted to regular men-of-war and en-
tered upon the routine of the service.
Here they become known as ''incuta-
tor sailors" As a general rule these
men have never seen salt water and
have less idea of what constitutes a
sailors life than it is possible to
imagine. This sudden change of living
invariably brings on dissatisfaction.
! All this, of course, only tends to in
crease the raw recruits dissatisfac-
ton.
Our navy is by no means free from
| foreigners-it is. in fact, overwhelmed
with them. Many of them. on account
of their seamanship, are made petty
officers. Thus born and bred Ameri-
cans are superseded in the service of
their own country by foreigners. many
of whom can hardly speak the English
language. Though these foreigners
are always good marines, being for the
most part Norwegians and Swedes,
they have not the knack of discipline
and are intolerable to anyone with
American principles. Again. accord
ing to the present system of maintain
ing the navy, a sailor is never settled
that is, he never knows how long he
is to remain aboard the vessel on
which he is serving. Hence he loses all
interest in his own ship. being con-
stantly thrown among strangers.
In spite of the now rations intro
duced into the service it is not much
better off The men are now, as al
ways. required to pay in part fer their
meals out of their own pockets The
equivalent 10 rations served is sup
posed 10 be 80 cents. in which case the
men never receive the benefit of the
cheapness of the market If all ra-
tions were committed. instead of every
fourth one as at present. which neees-
states a landsman. whose pay is only
SIG month, to pay So of this amount
for his own subsistence, it would go
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
CANARY BIRDS IN LONDON.
9cme OF, Them Sell for Four Times
Their Weight in Gold.

''iN'' 5ftt tii NCfL-
London Mail.-The recent sale in
London of pair OF canaries for $40
has directed public attention to the
boom now raging in these diminu-
tive pets. Since King Edward took up
the hobby Of canary breeding prices
have been steadily rising, and in many
instances birds have changed hands
fer four times their weight in gold.
The most expensive variety are
those with crests, or topknots. OF
feathers. Perfect crested canaries
are very difficult to breed. and they
are subject to blindness, the crest be-
ing cultivated to such an extent that
II grows over the eyes and hides even
the beak. Prices for good "crezts'
range from e5 to $40
Norwich plainhead canaries are far
more popular, but do not realize such
hign prices. At Huddersfeld show re-
Gently young bird. in its first sea
son, was sold by auction for els los.
Mackley .BlOthers of Norwich. whose
last consignment of canaries to New
York numbered 5000, have sold sew
eral plainheads at prices ranging from
Gl5 to e25 apiece.
Plainhead Norwich are bred almost
exclusively for color properties, the
most highly colored specimens invar-
ably heading the list. For the purpose
of enhancing the natural color large
quantities of cayenne and other pep
pers are imported from Spain and
given to the birds in a preparation of
egg food, For first class Yorkshire
canaries there is a strong demand.
but prices are not so remarkable. the
highest reported being ego for a
sprightly young fellow exhibited at the
recent Manchester show.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
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lean and Englshmen were DISCUSSING
the relative merits of their two coun.
tries from a commercial point of view
The arguments waved warne.. as the
t0lVersation continued, until. finally.
~. 90! IN iresept-an Ameri-
.-a--t.del The discussion by calling
the attention of the dfsputants 10 the
act that every American man in the
room was wearing English made boots
while all the Engliehmen present ha
on boots made in America.
The same thing is true of tailor
made suits and Walking skirts. For
years the American woman was the
only woman in the world who won't
wear a ta,lor-made gown or short
skirt, and to this daT she is the ONLY
woman who can wear them and LOOK
well. Yet these suits and skirts
were first advertised in our cwn ma.
fet as English"
So it is with other articles of wear
ing apparel. Americans think they
are wearing English and French ga
ments; they rush to buy corsets bear
ing French names and placarded
everywhere as French The truth
is that the genuine French corset is
thing utterly unlike anything in this
country The corsets which Amer
can women buy because they are i'm
ported are sold from Pals to Nice a.
'le corset American" and the 1meri-
cans straight-front.
1t is a shock to an American wo-
man when she reaches London or
Paris for the first time TO find her
country's products in the SHOPS, no
longer masqueradng inter foreign
names, but proclaimed az America
made and finding q double sale be
cause of Il.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
A WEE SCOTCH NIGHT.
If you chance to meet a gathering o1
half a dozen friends,

If you chance to meet gathering OF
half dozen friends,
Where the drink is highland whisky or
some chosen border blend,
And the room is full of speering and
gripping of brown hands,
And the talk is all of tartans and of
plaidies and of clans,
You can take things full and easy, you
can judge you're going right.
For you've had the luck to stumble on
a wee Scotch night.
When you're pitchforked in among
them in a sweeping sort of way
As ''anither mon" or "brither from the
Tweed or from the Tay;"
When you're taken by the Oxter and
cooped into a chair,
And someone slips whisky in your
tumbler unaware;
When the present seems less dismal
and the future fair and bright,
You have struck earth's grandest
treasure in a wee Scotch night
When you hear a short name shouted
and the same name shouted back,
Till you think in the confusion that
they've all been christened Mac;
When you see a red beard flashing in
the corner by a fire
And a giant on the sofa who is feet
or higher,
Before you guess his color and before
you gauge his height
You will jump at the conclusion it's a
Draw Scotch night
When the red man in the corner puts
his strong voice 70 the proof
AS he gives THE Hundred Pipers,"
and the chorus lifts the roof;
When a chief sings annie Laurie,
with its tender, sweet refrain,
And the tears come on their eyelids
and the drinks go round again;
When they chant there stirring war
songs. that would make q
coward fight,
You will know that you're assisting at
wee Scotch night.
When the fun comes fast and furious
and the band begins to play,
And every tin pot chieftain has word
or two to say;
When they would sell any station for
sprig of native heath;
When there's one Mac on the table
and another underneath
When half of them are sleeping and
the whole Of them are tight,
You may know you've been assisting
at wee Scotch night
When the last big bottles empty and
the dawn creeps gray and cold,
And the last clan tartan folded and
the last big lie is told;
When they totter down the footpath
in brave, unbroken line,
TO the terror of to- passers and the
tune of Aud Lang Syne,'
You can tell the folks at breakfast, as
they view the fearsome sight,
That you've only been assisting at
wee Scotch night
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
ODDITIES IN TRADE NAMES.
Nearly all English Walking Boots are
Made in the United States.

There are few Americans who know
when they buy a pair OF English
walking boots or a suit of clothes made
in English patterns and bearing the
trademark of some London tailor that
the articles for which they pay fancy
price We're in reality manufactured in
this country The English watkins
boots are supposed TO have numerous
qualities that seem TO be lacking in
the American article. But il so haH-
pens that exactly the opposite holds
good in England. and, so where yea
viii. YOU will see shoe stores dis
playing American boots. saCes and
slippers In the windows. The shoes
W. insist ON having on this side OF
the Atlantic. and which are sold to Us
for English made" are sold TO us ir
London. Liverpool. Leeds and other
cities of England as American made
boots. and as such there is an enormous
demand among the English people
for them.
Real English boots and shoes would
not be worn by American men and
women. as they are broad and fiat.
with uncomfortahly short vamps Yet
they have one commendablc quality.
in that they wear indefinitely
In London recently group of Amer,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
BITING NAILS is A DISEASE.
Habit Grows With Indulgence and It
Soon Becomes Chronic.

The head school teacher, who sat
matinee. saw one of them take off her
gloves as soon as the lights went down
and the curtain went up. She watch
ed. When the girl thought her teach
ers attention was concentrated on the
stage one cf her hands went to her
lips.
Miss Blank" said the chaperon.
leaning over and speaking so that
everybody seated around her could
hear II must ask you to stop biting
your nails and put your gloves on i'm.
mediately."
The other girls titteredi and the par
ticular one who had offended did as
she was told looking very much hui
inflated,
r 'p0er child said a sympathetic
woman sitting In the row behind.
II frequently find it necessary to ad.
minister rebuke of this sort to girls
with the uailbiting habit" said the
chaperon to 4 friend who asked about
II. AN teachers de- A lesson of that
sort is worth ten admonitiOns in pri.
vate There is no better way to break
a pupil of bad habit like biting the
nails than TO shame her out of It, |
warned Miss Blank before We started
for the theater that | should rebuke
her II caught her biting her nails,
and she promised not to do 1t. When
| ~
gloves | knew what was coming. We
have to watch girls with the nail-bit.
ing habit in church, in the theater. and
everywhere they go in public. 1t is
almost impossible to make them keep
their gloves on"
a fashionable manicure up town ad.
vertises to cure nail-biting. He says
he has many patrons among girls and
women.
1T is an exceptional thing to find a
man who bites his nails" he said to a
reporter for the Sunday Press. but |
have known of some, cases. Nail
biting is a disease. the same as itch.
ing scalp or anything of that sort. To
a certain extent II is habit. but
the habit develops the disease, which
is called onychopagie.
When was in Paris four years age
| first learned about the treatment for
IT, and at once introduced il in my
business her. Far from being harm
less habit. resulting only in unsightly
hands. nail-biting IS prolific cause OF
nervous disorders in girls and women
II requires various forms of treatment,
according to the condition and sur
roundings CT the victim, The best
time to stop II is in childhood, Parents
and school-teachers who find children
biting their nails should not only Sc
verely repriman> them but punish them
in a way that will be remem6ered. In
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
IT'S HE THAT STRIVETH NOT is
DEAD.

Greater by far than thou are dead.
Strive not. Die also Matthew
Arnold after Homer
Greater by far than We they were,
But why? because they strove,
Refused blind Fate for arbiter;
Subjected doubt to love.
Feared not to fight the losing fight,
Used all the strength they had;
And dying left their lives alight
To make the ages glad.
Yet think! though death cut off their
days,
Thou nam'st them, call'st them
great.
They force thy unbelief to praise
They shame thy sluggard state.
They live then be it better said
While each renews his vow:
'Tis he who striveth not is dead.
Die not, Strive also thou,
Curtis Hidden Page in Bookman
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
DO NOT LIKE FOREIGNERS.
American seamen Object to the Petty
Officers Placed Over Them.

Harrer's Weekly The great num-
Der of desertiors in the navy at the
present time is appalling, 1t is one
of the greatest If net the greatest
problem with which the navy depart
ment has yet had TO contend During
q single month recently there were
800 deserters. The reason for this dis
grace to the pride of our country"
caA be attributed to many causes.
Within the past two or three years
an experiment has been made which
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
A Parlor Game.

DlrecIlOnS-Sndke the TOUR Jokes
given below in a hat and let each per,
son needing to be entertained draw
one. All vote as to the supposed
nationality of the joke and the one
guessing the greatest number cor
rcctly may choose anything that is
preferred when refreshments are
served Copies of the London Punch,
the Berlin Fligende Batter, the Paris
Rire and anything American should be
on hand for refernce in case of dis
pute.
Captain Bates (sitting before fire
and reading; the Captains aunt
whose sole heir he is-sitting behind
large scret The captain is I'M
aware that his aunt--who sole her,
etc.-is sitting behind that large
screen) Julius is the man
servant bring me my slippers. THE
captains boots are wet) '-,-A-
julius Julius is in arrears for his
wages; he is aware of the aunt's pres
ence behind the screen)-Yes, sir;
them beautiful embroidered ones wot
your dear aunt give you for Christmas,
sir?
(The captains aunt has en-
brofdered the aforesaid slippers with
her own hands.)
Captain Bates-No, damme bring
be some slippers that can wear
(No tableau, because the aunt is
deaf.)
(The captain knows that his aunt is
deaf.(
Julius does not know that the
captains aunt is deaf
Monsieur--Is madame descended as
Iyet, Francois?
Francois-Non, monsieur. Madame
will remain au lit today; she expects
Monsieur the lieutenant TO call.
Elm What sky, Bonner,
wetter,
zwe Mann-Nix, the sohn is shin
ing.
DO you play pool well?'
No, play poorly"
That's what every one always an.
swer, and then they always beat me"
Town Topics.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
I'0LlgN1L3LTI/ I52ItIA/

my opinion the teacher you tell about
gave the young woman a wholesome
lesson"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
To Make a Showing.

That's only a second hand tru
don't see why you charge SO
for it"
"But. madam, it has labels f.
ever Europe pasted en- it. VIII
you travel, it will make a gre
preston than tvs ordinary
twice the size"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
TWO SHORT STORIES.

A man was brought up in a provin.
cial court on a charge of stealing a
sack Of -four, and was very severely
handled by the prosecuting lawyer
who had once made himself notorious
by going into bankruptcy, which was
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25
pesertions from the An

During the official year the
Z per cent. Of the enlisted me
sertion, or enough to make
regiments. Half as many wer,
orally discharged
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-25

I the only means by which he could es-
cape his debts.
~You admit that you stole the sack
of fiour?" questioned counsel sternly.
Eyes: but / took it honestly and in
broad daylight to save my children
from starvation" pleaded the pr1s,
oner.
'You call that honesty, do you?"
sneered the lawyer. Il call it amaz-
ing impudence. Stealing is stealing.
from whichever point of view you care
to look at it,"
Just SO, mister, but it don't allus
bring the same punishment" retorted
the man in the dock. For instance, l
shouldn't have been here now if I'd
done as you used to do-bought or or
dered the flour and never paid for it,.
And even the magistrate chuckled
behind his papers at the bullying law
ver's observation-disclosures.
Mark Parrot of the New York Cot,
ton Exchange recently got aboard an
Amsterdam avenue car To go uptown,
when he was greatly surprised to OBJ,
serve an extremely youthful-looking,
smooth-faced lad officiating as con,
ductor. When, in making the tour of
the car, he got around to Parrott, he
appeared even younger than before.
In order to satisfy himself Parrot
asked:
Are you the regular conductor of
this carr"
81 am, sir" responded the young
man.
well, you are the youngest-looking
conductor l ever saw. You look like
mere boy"
That's right-fare, please" was
the laconic reply.
When the fare had been paid and
rung up Parrott said:
q would like to ask you just one
more question"
! We'll, let her 60"
Were you born on this trip?"-New
York Times.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
STEADY RETREAT
OF RuscIAN ARMY CONTINUES
harasscd by Japanese sharpshooters
and Chinese Bandits. - Twelve
Days Of Hard Fighting on Short
Hatjonx.


and Chinese Bandits. - Twelve
Days Of Hard Fighting on Short
Rations.
London, Sept. l2.-The Daily Nails
Slnintim correspondent cabling un-
der date OF September 11th, says:
General Kuropatkin has returned
to Mukden after inspecting the forti-
fcations at Tie Pass, work on which
is not we'll advanced. but is being hur-
ried along. Efforts to delay the Jap
anese advance are being made.
Il learn. from Russian source. that
this is the outcome OF the Emperor's
orders. and that the Emperor even per-
emptorily commanded kuropatkin to
re-take Lao Yang
There is no abatement In the re-
treat OF the Russian troops northward.
The noise OF fierce artillery engage
ment was heard south of Mukden FRI
day night
THE whole line OF retreating Rus
slams, when within FIVE miles south
east of Nukden were attacked by Jap
anese marksmen who were invisible
among the INLET. The Russian troops
sent to Tapingshen retreated with
heavy loss.
1ltLtrt - tAs
district and have stopped traffic be-
tween Sinlntim and Mukden. shooting
and torturinr to death Russian patrols"
The Morning Posts correspondent
In the field with General Kuroki de-
scribes the operations against Lao
Yang as twelve days OF the hardest
possible fighting and marching on
short rations with temperature OF
100 degrees in the shade and frequent
falls OF rain. All OF this. he says, was
borne splendid!y. though the men were
worn out after the tense struggle. Re
counting the general lines of fighting
the correspondent says: 9.
"On September 2nd, while the other
armies were pressing Lao Yang from
the south the turning force continued
stubbornly fighting the stubborn foe.
But slow advance was made and step
by step was the only advantage gained.
"On September 3rd the attack of the
Japanese first army had been checked.
The enemy were much stronger than
we. they having five divisions holding
the northeastern heights. Our position
for the time was critical, In view OF
the possibility that the enemy Nigh.
have attacked us In force. But mixed
b.igade. and later the left column. re-
HNs fpoApoA '%A - .
"On September 4th the enemy was
in full retreat and the first army was
ordered to pursue. General kuropat-
kin's retreat was mastery. He held
the northeastern heights TO the last
possible moment and secured a safe
retirement for his army and his guns.
Bennett Burleigh sends to the Daily
Telegraph from the Japanese head
quarters long description of the fight
ing. He says:
General Kuroki. who was hotly at
tackled by Kuropatkin and was for
time In jeopardy. was unable to get
astride the railway. otherwise Lao
Yang would have been Sedan for the
Russians.
what surprised me more than any
thing else was the wonderful manner
In which the Japanese continued for
whole week their awful bombardment.
OF the Russian position. II was the
fiercest artillery attack perhaps In his
tory. Tens OF thousands OF shells were
thrown daily. but the supplies OF the m
seemed inexhaustible."
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
cRowDING PORT ARTHUR.
Japanese Continue to Advance Their
Entrenchments.

Che Foo. Sept. IL, 11:20 p. mac
cording to the latest news received
here from Port Arthur the Russians.
on September 4th. shelled the japanese
covered trenches In front of Palich-
uang and destroyed them. Everything
was quiet along the entire line during
the night Of September 4th. but In the
morning IT was seen that the japanese
outposts had crept closer in TO the
Russian lines.
One incident of the recent lombard
ing OF Port Arthur was the striking
of the roof of hospital by japanese
shell. The japanese fire was drawn to
the hospital by the placing near it by
the Russians of beacon signals.
One small Russian scouting party
succeeded in creeping close to the
Japanese intrenchments on Corner
mountain. but the barking of dogs
gave the alarm and prevented further
advance.
The Port Arthur Novikrai. in a re-
cent issue, declares that a japanese
colonel has been executed because he
failed to occupy a certain position Oh
Corner hill within a specified time.
In Its issue Of September I'd the same
paper says that a japanese torpedo
boat struck a piine fourteen miles
southeast Of the harhor and sank. and
that on the day after this occurrence
the Japanese cruiser Itsukushima also
was damaged by floating mine.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-09-17
Chinese Troops Drafted.

London, Sept. 12.-The Standards
Tien Tsin correspondent says 1t is re-
ported that the Chinese troops are be-
ing quietly drafted in Manchuria and
now occupy both sides Of the Lao
river. 1t is stated, the correspondent
says. that they will be utilized to oc-
cupy territory conquered by the Japa-
nese and that German officers are max
ing an Investigation as to the truth OF
the report.