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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17

ing grounds, or each class may be at
war over individual grazing rights.
Again, owners of farms or of water
power plants may object to any graz
ing in the forests, lest the water sup
Ply be injured. In all such cases the
bureau experts must examine and re
port on every phase of the question,
that, so far as possible, absolute JUS
tice may be done to all interests. In
pe:fecting present boundaries and in
creasing reserve areas temporary local
injury to some interest is sometimes
inevitable. This is most unfortunate
but these occasional injuries can not
weigh against the importance Of the
general purpose Of forest reserve es-
adjustment.
In all of this work one large fact is
to be recognized. 1t is that in the
execution of the policy of reservig g
from private acquisition such parts of
the public domain as are suited to fer
est growth and most useful under
permanent forests, a far-reaching and
bensficent policy is being carried Gu
Under it the government is acting to
secure perpetually in the interests of
the whole people vast wealth-produc-
ing resources which otherwise, undcr
the stimulus of immediate private prof
its from numbering. grazing, and the
! like, world in no long time be lost for
! ever.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17

charm all its own-the older woman.
She has had hard struggle to free
herself from the many traditions that
are as so many bonds. For centuries
she has kept in the background, giving
the young people" the prominence,
looking on, too often, with the heart
ache of those set aside.
But, while all eyes have been focus
ed on the young girl, and youth and
beauty hSve been the cry, the older
woman has developed. She has come
into her own.
Back of charming dignity Is a
heart fresh with eternal girlishness.
She has learned the secret of eternal
youth-not the foolish "playfulness'
that made the older woman in certain
decades ridiculous, but a joyous, con.
fident grasp of life without discounting
for moment its tragic realities. 1t is
the secret of growing old gracefully.
Above ALL she has learned poise, and
poise is just another term for bal
ance-for adjustment. Instead Of let
ting everyday demands drag her down
to monotonous level, she makes them
subservient to her.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17
THE WHOLESOMENESS Of MILD HOBBIES

Scarcely a woman who doesn't get
bored to death, occasionally, over the
"everydayness" of things. Life seems
to be one tiresome round of getting
the same things done over and over;
or of wondering just what to do, and
how to do it.
Women with careers" are proverb.-
ally unhappy. There are exceptions,
but this is the rule. Women withou,
special interests feel, every now ana
then, that their thoughts have got
into, ruts, that it's impossible for them
to Tx their attention on anything out
side of wearisome bothers.
That's when she ought to take her
mind on a vacation. II she could get
away from home-from her surround
ings-for few days, she would find
herself wonderfully beautified. II
she can't-but it's to the woman who
can't that this ''preachment" is adj
dressed.
There's surely one subject that
interests you above others. Cultivate
that interest-ripen it into a healthy
hobby, and give it few minutes at
tention every day.
Fads and hobbies differ in that a
, fad is something transient, while a
hobby lasts.
If you care for plants, get one or
two (but not enough to be an extra
charge) hardy plants, and look up the
care and cultivation of plants. Find
out about the bulbs that grow so
easily inc such welcome bloom, abou,
the vines that flourish indoors as wei,
as out, about the right sort of light
to give the different sorts of plants
the right sort of soil.
Before you know it, you'll have de-
veloped an interest in things outside
of daily cares that you wouldn't have
believed possible. You'll be watching
the change of seasons.
Suppose you're an exquisite needle
woman, but your work must be the
emincntly practical kind-youve put
delicate bits back of you with a sigh
Get something that can be done by
degrees--a pretty corset cover, OIL
little lace stock, and indulge, for a
few minutes day, if you've nc
longer, in the pleasure of setting
stitches exquisitely. You'll find
you're not losing time, but will dc
your more practical work better fol-
the new work that has Weakened youl
! interest
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17

Perhaps you've passion for books,
but, being housemothec, feel that
it's wrong to devote any time t.
such a luxury. But don't give up TO
that feeling. Choose a sIbjec 81
read books on varying subjects, good
novels, fine poetry, light, clean stories,
history-what you like best-anu
make club of one member of your
self devoting at least half an-hour a
day to it.
Perhaps you love music, or langu-
ages, but your scanty crumbs of time
don't seem worth the picking up. Yet
history records instance after in.
stance of men who've learned
Languages, written books, done all
the planning for great deeds (wh CHI
were aferward accomplished) in the
odd minutes that don't ordinarily
count.
Gladstone, it is said, carr ed book
always in his pocket to study when
ever he had to wait few moments,
Women are greater time-wasters
as rule, than men; probably be
cause they work so constantly (Which
develops in "potteringD, while mos
men turn off steam" about supper
time and keep it turned off unit
morning.
Get up a fifteen-minute or hal.
hour club with two or three friends
/ each to work at her own peculia
hobby for that length of time ever,
day. You'll be watching each other
progress, and unconsciously CROWN:
in your endeavor to keep pace witt
the others.
For the days you miss, ray some
sort of little fine-doing an especial,
distasteful bit of work that you'v,
! been putting off until you get coura ;,
to attack it; or paying a little none,
| fine, to be used in furthering the
hobby of the woman who misses tn,
least number of days. Or let each o
you keep your own fines in a littl,
bank, and use them to buy materials
or that book you've been coveting-
something to further your own hobby
A good, healthy interest in some
thing outside herself isn't going t
take a woman'S interest from he
family in the least. II ought, instead
to make her more alert and interest
ing, to give her more things to MAKE
home-conversation charming with.
Cultivate a mild hobby, by al
! means, and-keep it up.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17
NATIONAL FOREST RESERVES.
How They Have Grown, and the I'm.
portant Ends They Will Conserve.

Excluding the two reserves in Alas
ka, which cover nearly 100000 acres,
there are now in the United States 81
forest reserves, with combined area
Of 57,833,974 acres. These reserves
are divided among 10 states and terri
tories of the west. If they redeem
arid land only to the extent of their
own areas, it would mean 373,337 new
farms OF $50 acres each--for water is
the VESTS greatest need, and it is
now recognized that water conserva-
tion is to be the most important ser
vice rendered by the reserves. What
this would mean in the way of increas-
ed agricultural wealth it is easy TO see.
The people of the United States, az
whole, have little idea of the enor-
nous magnitude of the interests affect
ed by the Governments forest re-
serve policy. Timber supply, import
ant as this is, is relatively small
part of the whole purpose The re.
clamation of millions of acres of arid
land, sustained or heightened fer.
tility for other millions of acres Of
farm lands and, finally, the safeguard
ing for the future Of pasturage for
millions of head of sheep and cattle
are already certain results Of that pol
icy. II contemplates furnishing the
present and thousands Of prospective
settlers wood. water. tillable land
and prospective homes. Round,
stated. the purpose is to give there fer
est reserves their highest vi lily tn IL
who use them now or will use them
hereafter.
This is clearly a work Of stup 7nd1us
proportions. Irrigation. which viii
prove the salvation Of millions nj
acres of these lands. can not -~aize
its largest possibilities unless tho wa
tersheds Of the West are under con
sentative forest manag meDt. CT a
damage has been done there by over.
grazing, reckless luTberin~, and
most Of all, by fires. Reserves were
established to stop this damage and TO
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17

give the forests their greatest useful
ness by conserving the water supply
without shutting off the supply of tim
Der. On account of the expense and
natural conditions involved, there Is a
limit to the size of impounding reser-
voirs, hence the necessity for prevent.
ing their overflow by floods, and for
making their supply regular. that all
the water possible may be saved for
use. Forests are the chief agency in
this work, and to maintain them Is abb
solutely essential to the reclamation
Of the arid west.
This use of forest, however, Is not
at all inconsistent with its use for
many purposes. numbering. when
rightly done, is an advantage, not a
detriment. Grazing, when regulated,
does not injure the forest, and pros
pecting, locating. and developin :
mines are not interfered with by re-
serve restrictions. Thus the Govern
r1ent, in establishing reserves, in no
sense withdraws the forests from use.
On the contrary, while all their pres.
ent uses are continued, Their r at s.
power for good is kept from injury
and increased In value by the wise and
careful protection afforded by reserve
management. Only under such man
agement can these forests most ef
fectively aid irrigation in re tanning
thousands of square miles of waste
lands, and in building homes over
vast areas hitherto regarded as impos-
sible of settlement.
The bureau Of Forestrv has had dur
ing the past summer IS agents in the
field investigating actual and proposed
forest reserves. II they discover
that agricultural lands. or lands moro
valuable for ether purposes. have bee7
included in reserves. they will recon
mend their immediate exclusion. y
they find land which will be more use
ful when reserved than when not r
served. thew will recommend That IL h
added to an adjacent reserve or forr
new one.
Often the hardest task Of the bUree-
agents is in reccnciling conflicting J.
cal interests. Sheen and cattle meT
may be disputing over the same graz
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17
USEFULNESS OF LIVE WHALES.
Shetland Islanders Protesting Against
Their Being Killed by Whalers.

Shetland Islanders Protesting Against
Their Being Killed by Whalers.
The inhabitants of the Shetland Isles
and the Hebrides are busy telling fish
ing stories.
Some months ago certain whaling
companies established their factories
OH these islands; they secured the
open seas, caught whales and towed
them back to the shore.
TO this the islanders raised not the
slightest objection. 1t afforded them
not only certain amount of work but
also a great deal of amusement. Only
a fortnight ago 500 inhabitants of one
&C these small islands witnessed a
great struggle between the whalers
and the whales from the heights of the
cliffs.
But now thcs complain that after
the whalebone and blubber have been
extracted the companies leave the car
casses to drift about-a danger to nav
iSatiol and a serious menace to the
health of the island inhabitants.
The companies, on being remonstrat-
cd with by the sanitary inspector OF
Lerwick, towed the carcasses far out
to sea, but they drifted back again, and
the nuisance is as great as ever.
This, however, is not the only cause
of complaint. 1t appears that live
whales indicate the presence Of her
ring shoals, and drive the fish nearer
to the shore, where they can easily
he caught by the islanders. In sup
port of this theory, 1t is stated that
ever silce whaling started in Norway
herring fishing has declined, and it is
feared that the same state of affairs
will happen at Roness Voc.
To add to their indignation the
islanders state that, owing to the de-
struction of the whales, cuttlefish are
on the increase and voracious dogfish,
one of the greatest enemies of the
shermen are attracted by the floating
carcasses.
Cathcart Wason, NJ. p, is champion
ing the cause of the fishermen in par
ilament.
"The nuisance" he said to an Ex-
press representative affects fisher
men all along the east coast of Scot
land Whales roll lifeless on the
waves, and every now and then the
good people of Ronsss Voc are having
flung at them the woeful sight ana
awful smell of the numbering dead on
their shores. so we are going TO in
troduce a bill ilto parliament to deal
with it.
There are now no whales found
within 200 miles of the coast OF Nor
way, and there are hardly any behring's
caught there. The fishermen of the
Handa Island state that the whales
have been scared away from Iceland,
Norway and the Farce Islands, and
driven to Scotland They have now
found a favorite feeding ground on
the bank, which Is from forty to sixty
miles west of the Shetlands.
"In report furnished to me 1t is
stated that whales live largely on cut
fetish, and cuttlefsh are among the
worst enemies to behring's. So by rea-
son Of the live whales not eating the
cuttlefish and by the dead whales at
tracing the iogfsh. and by the live
whales not Icing left alive to indicate
tae whereabouts of the herring shoals
and not doing their duty in driving the
behring's in shore, the inhabitants of the
Shetlands and the Outer Hebrides are
threatened with calamity. London
Express.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17
Averaqe Altruism.

I'd like to see my friends succeed,
I'd like to see each fetter
That halts them snapped, would in
deed,
II always, as they took the lead,
| might be doing better.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17
No Cause for Alarm.

Wouldn't you be dreadfully .wcr
~ied If your husband should become
free thinker"
yes" replied Mrs. Henpeck, but
there's no reason WHY should worry.
lie doesn't do the thinking for this
ami!y."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17
THE APEX OF BLISS.

oeldGm Fed-Say, Soiled; what's
your idea Of de kind of a place Utopia
was?
Soiled Spooner-Aw, an island OF
rye bread entirely surrounded by beer.
7 reckon.-Puck.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17

A pessimist is one who is always
xDecting trouble and grumbling il IL
doesn't come.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17

Temptation is always waiting at the
door for the man who wants to be
led in.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-17
was in vain

"a lady gave me good riddle to-
day"
wat was it?''
"She asked me why | didn't go to
work."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-29
rI.0YD-wADE.

Citixea of Gaiveston, Tex. weds Young |. Woman of Lee County.
 opelika, Dec. 2s.--tSpecial. )--A. M Floyd, a prominent business man of Galveston, Tex. and Miss Marie Wade. one of Leo County's most accomplished young women, were married at Salem yesterday.
 Sheriff Hodge gave all the prisoners confined In the Lee County jail, twelve in number. a nice Christmas dinner. R. NJ. Nesbitt, the organlzer of Damon Lodge No. 14 of the Knights of Pythias. and who has been a mem Der for twenty-five years Is visiting OpelikR after a long absence.
 Judge D. A. Greene of Birmingham is spending the Christmas holidays with his father. Captain R. M. Greene of this city.
 Hon. W. 1T. Stanford of Troy is spending several days in Opelika with his mother, Mrs. W. J. Sanford. MT. Sanford Is the oldest son of the late Governor Sanford and is prominently mentioned as a candidate for Lieuten- ant Governor.
 The marriage is announced of W. R. Power, one of our prominent young business men. and Miss Lucy Banks ono of our most charming young la- dies.
 Yesterday in the County Court J w. Harris, the young white man who stole harness from U. E. Ellington at Gold Hill, was sentenced to six months hard labor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-29
THE EXCLUSIVE
 MIR. WALKER
BY !. c. RUNNER

II. V. FLU MEH. Copyright, 1904, Daily Story Pub. Col A carriage rolled by the Harp com inE from the sea. Captain Stover lay down his pot of beer and looked at Q very commonplace countenance peer ing with a wistful expression at the inn. MT. Twitchett had no pot to lay down, but he looked and SO did the landlord That's i'm" said the landlord, "nev- CT notices nobody
 Hes rich explained the captain. ''he could put down pun for every farden in Portram. He's above poor people,
 Why do they call i'm. 'onorable?" inquired MT. Twitchett. winking at the landlord as if he had propounded a poser to the captain.
 Because he's made his money clean replied the skipper, when g mans rich and didn't steal his money the king lets i'm call hisseif honor able. ~
 Dazed at this sudden solution of the problem MT. rwitchett subsided. "'E's stuck up. nasty haristocrat." snapped the landlord.
 I'm goin'.' announced the skipper. T sail on the ebb and I've lots to do. Next Monday week Elizy gets mar ried."
 And the captain gulping down his beer. hhstened toward the wharf.
 Mir. Adolphus Walker had leased Penn Lodge for an indefinite time. Portham at once dubbed him Honor able" and bowed down to him. The nearest approach the town had had. hitherto. of talking about it's aristo- cratic citizens was to allude vaguely to a marquis who lived thirty miles inland and who had carefully avoided setting his foot in the town. But Mir. Walker was exclusive. He spake to no man and naturally no man in Port ham dared to speak to him. Portham boasted of him and. in it's heart hated | him for the haughtiness of which 1t boasted Very little was known of MT. Walker. The servants. brought from London. were creatures of rigid stateliness and never came to the Harp. Portham, as a dire necessity. wrote the history of MT. Walker to suit itself
 I'm goin' to have Ned Butts to the weddin'." remarked the skipper. as the schooner dropped down Portham Bay, bound for London.
 low, when your people won't ave 'im?" inquired the mate, who had been addressed.
 He's comin'." retorted the skipper. resolute1y. I've printed invite in my pocket to send him"
 "'E'll get drunk and owl" expos- tulated the mate.
 Let him." replied the skipper, "a weddin's a place for enjoyment" ] Eliza Jane. the pretty daughter of Captain Stover. was to be married on the next Monday a week. and the startling innovation had been made of inviting Portham to the ceremony by printed invitations. The family. however, made q stand at Mir. Butts. hut the skipper secretly resolved that he should grace the occasion.
 When the schooner was discharging In London the skipper dropped into the owners ofice one afternoon.
 I'm sending a letter to your town. captain, said the clerk.
 'who to?" asked the skipper. with out interest.
 MT. Adolph Walker. He has some
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-29

His arst question was about the safety of my wife"
 Tt is said he complimentnd you on the stand you made The general smited srimly and
 stroked his beapd so6tfy. | There were no compliments" he said.
 Mrs. Cronje. who was present, ex- plained that there were forty families living on the generals lands in South Africa. The houses were all burned and the stock destroyed during the war. To rebuild the houses and re- stock the farms the general had to pledge his lands to secure a govern ment loan. He came to America and engaged in the exhibitions of the South
 African war simply to pay off that debt. When the debt was paid he
 would return to his own country.
 Most of the people living on his es-
 tates were Boer widows and orphans.
 The general lost twenty-two members
 of his own family In the war, all but
 two being women.
 General Cronje is farmer pure and
 simple, although he has distinguish
 ed himself in every Boer war of his
 time. He was a member of President
 Krugers Cabinet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-29
Our Daily $bOrt Story

shares in our steamship line" an- swered the clerk.
 Bless me-" exclaimed the captain. I've boen carryin' a letter for two days. Give me an envelope, that's a good fellow"
 sit down at the desk and write all you've a mind to- replied the clerk The desk was covered with addressed envelopes which had not yet received their enclosures and the skipper went laboriously to work superscribing an envelope to Mir. Butts. Then his mate rushed in with the news that vessel had fouled the schooner, doing some damage. The skipper snatched up the envelope, damned the invitation in 1t. seized the stamp the clerk proffered and rushed to his craft. dropping the missive in post box as he ran.
 Tiff I could see people like Mir. Wal ker at my daughters weddin' I'd die appy,' said Mrs. Stover to her hus- band. as the guests gathered. Captain Slower was watching for Mir. Butts and preparing to weather the family storm which would follow. so he said nothing.
 A timorous knock sounded at the door.
 Its Ned" muttered the skipper. and he opened the portal guardedly.
 But he started back. petrifed. for Mir. Adolphus Walker stepped in. He was most fashionably attired. but grasped the shippers hand with unc- tion. Many thanks for your invita- tion, Captain" said he. "all my folks are in London, so I came alone"
 In a dense cerebral fog the skipper gasped, Come in"
 Portham assembled, turned green with jealousy. The wealthy aristocrat of Portham, refusing to notice even the landlord, at the shippers house g. guest. Was Stover a traitor, or had he discovered a tree of nobility Trembling with exultation, the skip per and his wife introduced the aristo- crat to the assembled guests. He shook each hand heartily and showed no trace of haughtiness.
 Try glass of punch" said the em- boldened skipper. T brewed 1t myself and it has green tea in it."
 Not only one, but five glasses did MT. Walker auaff with relish, then g. most remarkable change came over his speech.
 Hive never been SO 'appy for six months" he said to the skipper, ''you see, Hid a green grocery shop hover Pentonville way in Lunnon. and HI ad my frlendS Tn. hafter supper 10 a pot O beer and a game O checkers. Then my brother in Hamerica dies and leaves me a lot of money and Hive never been 'appy since. My wife and daughter make me stick in the 'ouse lest Hid talk common"
 It was a fall of the idol from it's pedestal but then only few heard him and the skipper and his wife guarded him closely until Captain Sto- yer carried home a very drunken ars- tocrat at dreary hour in the morn- ing.
 
 "A fellow named Butts came in here with some shares of steamship stock belonging to Mir. Walker" said the clerk to the skipper on his next visit to London, he was & saucy devil. too. He said he'd stock in the Cunard line and didn't want any second class stock. He was in rags, too.'
 Bless me-" murmured the skipper. 'T picked up the wrong envelope in my hurry and sent the invite to Wal ker instead of Butts"
 But the stovers' social position was now assured in Portham.