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Telephone, 400 Cortlandt.

as | capture one of 'em. Cats at fifty
cents apiece beats sellin' papers or black
in boots all holler"
From that time on Stumpy devoted his
waking moments chiefly to the cat in
dustry, deriving quite revenue there
from, as did many other future business
men and capitalists of Boomopils. In
less than fortnight every vagrant fe-
line within the city limits had been
rounded up and turned into cash at the
receiving department of the Oriental
Cat Company, in the sprawling edihce
which formerly did duty as skating
rink.
And the cats that came in were not
all Migrants, either. Many a servant
girl was not above adding a casual dol
lar or so to her income by disposing
Of the family pets, or pests, as she con-
sidered them, which were continually
shopping into things or lying around
under her feet Householders, too, in
many instances brought in their own cats
or the neighbor's, just as it CHANGED TO
happen, and furtively exchanged them
for current coin of the realm. Men
drove in from the suburbs and nearby
villages with whole wagon loads of cats,
Grated up and ready for delivery at fifty
cents head.
In fact, for two weeks it simply rained
cats around that old-time skating rink,
now the headquarters of the Oriental
Cat Company (Limi;ed). All they had
to do was to hand in their four-legged,
fur-clad voucher and the money was
promptly forthcoming. And the cashier
oi the Oriental Cat Company (Limited)
was not at all particular. either. Any
thing in the shape of cat would do.
al he insisted on was that the cat must
be alive. He drew the line az dead ones.
When questioned as to what they were
going to do with so many cats, the at
fable president and the equally obliging
secretary and treasurer of the company
replied that they expected to find mar
ket for them in China. hence the title Or
ientai Cat Company. In certain sections of
the Flowery Kingdom felines were very
scarce and would command high prices
especially IL they were good mousers
and rat catehers An active. able-bodied
cat would almost bring its weight in
silver in some parts OF China. and as
millions Of people there REQUIRED the cats
the market was practically unlimited.
The Oriental CT Company CLimitedl.
had organized for the purpose OF supply
ing that market and thcy proposed do
ing so.
Three weeks rolled by--,hree busy,
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busting weeks for the Oriental Cat
Company and its officers and hired as
sistants. Boomopolis and the country
round about had been pumped dry of
cats. You couldn't have found another
one of the animals with fine-toothed
comb-not solitary cat All had been
swept into the remorseless NAV of the
Oriental Cat Company (Limited).
Some days passed without any move
being made on the part of the Cat Com
pany, and then just as they had begun
talking of getting the animals ready for
shipment plague of rats suddenly broke
out in Boomopolis. Nobody seemed to
know where they all came from, but they
were there as thick as beaux around a
pretty girl, or mosquitoes in a Jersey
swamp. And they were about the
hercest and hungriest rodents that ever
pestered community at that.
Nothing, apparently, was safe from
their attacks. They invaded cellars,
stores, warehouses, public buildings,
private buildings, the mansions of the
rich and the tenements of the poor :;
every place, in fact, where they could
find anything worth eating or worth de-
stroying.
In the midst of the inundation the
people suddenly bethought themselve. OF
cats. Cats were what was needed, and
they were needed at once.
Bat where were they to be had, unless
perchance the Oriental Cat Company
(Limited) could be induced to sacrifice
their stock after taking such trouble to
get it together?
II seemed almost providential that the
rat epidemic happened to break out
while the cats were yet within reach, in
stead of being en- route TO China. as they
might have been few days later.
The cats were still in the city. and
their assistance was urgently needed in
the present crisis.
With one accord the populace began
storuling the doors of the Oriental Cat
Company (Lin1itedl. and demanding
cats. Cats cats, We must have cats r
was the cry. and the philosophical
president az the cat company aforesaid.
sitting in his snug Office. heard the call
and rose to the OCCASION
CATS Certainly said Mr.. Hrbhs.
in the blandest OF accents. "Sell 'em IL
anybody wants EN- Mr.. Tubs. hang
out a SIGN
NAV look a little steep. gentlemen.
Int that Is what they would bring in
Chira 1.te to disappoint our custom
crs there, hrt have to do il. | suppose.
seeing the cats are badly needed here in
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ious sections of Greater New York as
a test, the results showed
One Hundred Forty-fve per ce;;t. a
Year.
These figures tempted the present
managers of the company to embark
upon the making of numbers of Multi
phones to be operated in the same profit
able way for its stockholders.
OVER $4,000
has been spent in perpecting the Multi
phone that is making it experimenting
with parts and simplifying the whole
Not one dollar of this haze they charged
to the Company
COST OF THE MULTIPHONE
Multiphones cost $3.50 to $500 each,
according to the cabinet desired to meet
the requirements of the varied loca-
tons, if in mahogany the former price,
if in bronze the latter.
is IT SECURE?
We answer it is, absolutely, positively
and certain. You again ask: Won't the
novelty wear OFF, We answer this by
stating that music is as old as the
universe, and each instrument is
supplied with tweny-four new records
weekly. Demand for this music may be
measured by the fact that a company,
only one of many, is 100000 records
behind the requirements of the public's
orders. Again you may query: Won't
the mechanism wear out? Tt this we
say yes, but not soon, probably fifty
years or so will see some parts worn,
which are easily replaced.
We want all who read to know there
are no ifs" no butts" and there will
be none. As emphatic as we are able
TO state it, we want everyone to believe
this investment is thoroughly bona-fde,
and up-to-date new fashioned in that it
gives each investor his true share of
the earnings, old fashioned in all that
honor implies.
SToo INFESTED in our stock is equal TO
$1,000 tn savings bank 4 man having
$1,000 north of our stock in his pos
session is as 7UeH off as q another hav-
ing $4,000 in sayiHgs bank. He gets
as much tn digidends from as in one
wear as the other gets from the sayings
bank IN tgvelve years. This stock pays
as mach in one year as government
bond pays in tagenfy-fonr years, the re-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27

If you are a close figurer.-Here is
an opportunity to offset our statement
Ii you are wise in business ways
We need you in the company.
II you are quick to nose out fraud
Investigate in your own way.
III you dare trust your own eyes,
Send in your subscription right away.
If you have friends you'd rather
trust.-Send them to investigate for
you.
The Multiphone is to-day the greatest
and grandest monument of sifnplified
music producing mechanical contrivan-
ces. Nothing ever made can come any
where near approaching its magnif-
cence, either in simplified mechanical
structure, beauty of design or apparent
costliness of delineation. 1t is at once
a superb production of the mechanics
skill, the artisans patience, the sculp-
tors chisel and the designers handicraft,
rejecting the intention of the makers
orders for the best possible without re-
gard to expense. The design is of the
harpsichord of the Elizabethian period.
Standing over six feet in height, and
three feet wide, the front and sides
are of French beveled plate glass, ex-
posing the mechanism to full view. A
large Magazine wheel carries twenty
four Photographic records, anyone Of
which may be reproduced at the will of
the operator. A nickel starts it. The
power is derived from a spring motor.
One winding is sufficient to reproduce
eighteen records. The public does the
winding, so there is no expense for
power.
ITS FIELD.
is practically unlimited. Wherever
people may gather or pass is the natural
location for a Mnltibhone. In railroad
stations, in ferry houses, in hotels or
restaurants, in theatre Hobbies, on steam
ships, in stores il serves the double
purpose of pleasing the eye and delight
ing the ear.
EARNING CAPACITY.
A little over a year ago, a handful OF
men, realizing after mathematical re-
search that if such an instrument could
be made the returns would be enor-
nous. started out to make it. A very
crude model was the result of the first
undertaking, which was placed in var
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27

tne present emergency Got that sign
Mr.. Tubbs? All right: hang 'er ont''
And the sign in question was promntlv
swung to the breeze:
FOR SALE.
SHolce Eats. SIo
Common Cats.
Precisely one week later Messrs
tiubbs & Tubbs, the obliging officials Of
the Oriental Cat Company Oimited9
closed up their now catless and deserted
place of business in the old rink at the
corner of Main and Franklin streets
boomopolis, and babe farewell forever
to that growing western CITY. taxing
their departure via the night express for
the East. "
Snugiy ensconced in quiet corner of
the smoker. The erstwhile president of
the Oriental Cat Company Uimited)-
now gone out of business-bit off the
end OF a hfteen-cent cigar. handed lie
mate to his companion and. after IiobtD
ing up, said between puffs
Didn't forget (puff) anything in vo,-
hurry tonight, did YOU. TubbS ~ ''"'
Guess not" was the laconic renlv
Got the satchel with the (puff5 col
lateral in it all right, have voup"
"Betcher life! Shan't lose NV grin -,
that" siip on
Tear up the freight bill from Cb;c,oo
for the two cars of (puff) live stool :,
c!irates9 They may puff smell a raj
if you didn't '' d TAT
Did better than that. Burned III
That's good puff. Err (nnE,.
I've just been thinking that we've NIL
pretty (puf) fair days wages for tbe
past two months. Ell ?" '''e
Wei, yes, frankly admitted the
worthy Mr.. Tubbs, with knowing y; ,,te
have seen the time that I've wo ~I,.N
for less" "oiAeu
This seerls to be the proper n,,cs =,
drop the curtain. but before doing e. ~. ~
cannot refrain from recording tbe = ~.
NY expressed opinion OF M;cb.o,
OShaughnesSy. ex-employe of the O.;
entail Cat Company, in regard 10 =.
founders. " us
Well, byes," he remarked c,,,,,. az.
don't want to say anythin' arain:, VI VI
old ernployers-they always usad -,s
wen an Oh got me pay. all r;ybt t .,s
oechune you an me an the isrr...'ul..
THIN two lads, Hubs an TubSs 'p i,o
Jest about the slickest pair that eye- WI, "
down the pike. Mighty lucky thine -" ~
Boomopolis 'twasn't beef critters ' -, 70. LOT
hoof or elephants they cornered' ga -, 'i y.
cats" SUI OF
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CASH. CASHil
CASH FOR CATSt,

n B.--Don't drown your cats or give
them away. Wait for the cash,
The puzzle was still as far from a
solution as ever. The joke--if joke it
was--was evidently serial, ITO be con-
tinued in our next"
There are very few people. however,
who admire that sort of humor, and the
anonymous instigator of the cat "ads"
and posters was called some decidedly
uncomplimentary names during the next
few days after the second series of his
aggravating announcements appeared.
Some set him down as a pestiferous
crank, others as a harmless idiot with
more money than brains, and wondered
why his friends didn't have him placed
in some reliable asylum, while still others
sized him up as a shrewd, wideawake
schemer, with some skilfully laid money
making plot under way which would be
developed in due time.
Perhaps, some said, his plan was to
boom the circulation of the papers in
which his peculiar lads" appeared.
Others argued that the advertiser was
probably a wealthy victim of insomnia,
caused by backyard providers, and he
was shrewdly endcav> ring to spread
abroad the idea that cats were valuable.
so that people would keep them at home
nights and allow him to get some sleep.
For two weeks the public was kept
guessing, and then the cat was let out
of the bag at last! The notices already
quoted appeared once more in advertis-
ing columns and on trees. fences and
buildings-everywhere that the law al
lowed, and in some places that it didn't
with an important addition.
The "ad" in its completed form read
as follows:
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27

untlerwaist. Sizes are
for dolls fourteen 10
twenty-four inc hes
high. Price 10 cents.
No. 1910. This baby
dolls set consists of n
pretty little dress, a
petticoat with comfort
able little underwaist.
a long cloak with deep
cape, for her dressy
outings, and a charm
ing little sack for wear
in the house on chilly
days. This set is made
only in one size for
dolls sixteen inches
high from crown to
sole. Price 10 cents.
To secure these pat
terms promptly, send
correct number and
size of pattern wanted,
together with ten cents
for each pattern de-
sired. Address all COM
munications to FASH
ION CORRESPONDENT.
Room 3o7, 200 Broad
way. New York City.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
CATSl CATSll
CASH FOR CATSill

so cents each paid for cats deliv-
cred to our place of business in the
old skating rink building. Main
and Franklin streets. Boomopolis.
Office hours, $50 A, NJ to $50
p. NJ.
Bring on your cats The more the
merrierl Cash for Cats" is our
trademark and motto. and we are
absolutely the only firm on earth
that is doing business on that basis.
Don't forget that we pay cash on
delivery.
Cats Catsl Cash for Catsl
ORIENTAL CAT COMPANY
uimitedl.
John O HubbS. President.
p. Jackson Tubhs, Secretary and
Treasurer.
One of the first OF the citizens Of
TO call at the Old rink build
ing with a half-starved feline under hi,
army 10 ascertain ii the good news couiC
Ne tire that cats and half dollar.
were interchangeable commodities wa.
S,unnpy Jones, and he came flying hacl
almost out Of breath and reported to ID,
gang" as follows;
"Yep, 'Tain't no fairy story. fellers
Dey're buyin' de cats. all right. an here
dc chink TO prove Il Dev've got d'
hull plaguey rink covered with big Sign
sayin' 20 bring on yer catS an sit d
rocks Bet yer boots III do i. too. fas
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
A Corner in Cats
By WILL S. GrDLEy.
(CoOyriohted

The one hundred thousand inhabitants,
more or less, of the busting Western
city which we shall ir1nortalize as
Boomopolis, woke up one morning to
ind staring them in the face from every
dead wall and billboard within the city
limits, and from the want columns of
the half dozen local dailies the fol-
lowing cabalistic sentence in the biggest
and blacklist job type:
CATSl
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
Sea OF GaElee invaded by a M
err Steamer.

The Lake Of Gennesaret. in Palestine,
called also the Sea Of Galilee and the
Sea Of Liberals. famed for the miracles
Christ performed there. has just been
profaned by the appearance 81 modern
steamer. which win take passengers 20
the little villages on its shores.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
Big Into America

iraed from First Page
with an occasional lapse into
led Yiddish. what Congress Is
u It does.
tell me- said the teacher,
isaac had ended, all breathless,
Ie have a Congress and why II
all these things?'
use we are free and have no
er us"
What do you mean by that
~ do as you please; you have
laws, don't your"
obey the laws, but we make
Ind so we are free"
right"
NE do not have to do what
d."
how about the policeman"
5 made by the people. The
make the laws. We are the
nd .wr are free"
abor camp school for Italians
Frest was recer.ly developed in
ssion of citizenship. Here are
the written reasons given for
citizenship, and conceptions of
B:
|e I mean to live here"
to make friends of good men"
TO take part in public affairs"
not live in this country like
but I want stay here just the
american people"
honor the laws because |
Il the people like themselves
Cypress them
thout fault Of grammar in
with the true ring, neverthe-
ect immigrants newly landed
them their first lessons in
I'm Is big and important work,
are only two lines of activity
nmigrant societies. Employ
eus are maintained by many.
dc Hirsch Fund and several
nizations endeavor to induce
rants they deal with to settle
crowded portions OF the coun-
hing out to them the special
TO be enjoyed there. There
houses for men, homes for
children, hospitals for both
aus of information and adj
", business and legal Money
ugh the societies to relative
sail for America. Cases OF
Immigrants are investigated,
ntly appeals are taken &c
tina. secure the release OF
d.
hildren are cared for The
70 children died in Italy; the
ed for America with then
d herself in mid-ocean; the
uld have been sent back had
ian society found homes TO,
tently the Baron de Hirseh
Ie secured homes for about
ZEN made orphans BY RUSSIA
and brought here 20 escape
that of their parents. The
authorities were not going
children land. At this juno
IRON de Hirsch Fund guaran'
hey would not become pub.
and they were admitted.
I'm has great faith in the inn
bcis.ies He and they work
lat along for the good Of the
And ;rc;a>a;sily, because
nch good care Of an ever in
mber of new arrivals, Uncle
lther Knickerbocker find thei
ther Knickerbocker find their
pterially lessened from time
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27

Both methods have much to
commend them. The dressing
of the doll is a part Of the
Christmas pleasure of prepar-
alton, and it is pleasure that
may be divided up among any
number Of relatives and
friends. one contrib tin 2
dolly's frock, another her un-
derwear, another her shoes.
another her coat Of furs, and
so on all through the range Of
her dainty wardrobe.
On the other hand, the cut
ting out and making of dolls
clothes often awakens an in
terest in sewing which proves
valuable to a girl in after life.
Most little girls take great
pride N making pretty clothes
for their dolls, and this Joy in
!, lays the foundation for future
Paper patterns for doll clothes
lady's attire must be smart, or
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-12-27
MUSICAL IH1 MARVEL THE MULT|PHONE MUSICAL 1t' MARVEL

O
civilization polish
gives.
a9 eM
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FADS AND FANCIES.

II would be dfcul happie
he of planning making s suit her own ideas
dfaSe
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~ A MONTH
Paid on the First
of Each Month
~ A MONTH.
Paid on the First
Of Each Month
"a TIMES
AS MUCH AS
COVER N M e N r
BONDS PAY
AS SAFE AS REAL ES
p AND VASTLY MORE PROFITABLE


her are timeso depress
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5000, which will pay dividends of 81 a month.

afts should be made out to
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No. 1908. An extremely dressy out
fit. consisting of beautiful little Sunday
dress with full gathered skirt, elbow
sleeves, and star-pointed bertha collar,
and real Red Riding Hood cloak that
will cover and protect all of dolly's finery
when she goes out. The hood Of the
cloak may be worn over the head or fall
ing over the cloak, as preferred. The
dress may be made up in organdie, null,
batiste, china silk, or other soft material,
and trimmed with lace and insertion as
pictured, or with lowered ribbon. The
set is cut in sizes for dolls from four
teen to twenty-four inches high meas
uring from crown to sole. Price 10
cents.
No. 1915. A dainty set OF underwear
is here shown, and one that will deligh,
the little doll mothers heart II il be
made to button and unbutton, Just like
her own. II consists OF simple che
mise. drawers and a pretty little petit
coat gathered to a sleeveless, low-necked
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Checks, money orders or drafts sh,
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the neatness of their
achievements of val
are of prime import
she would feel old
fashioned, and her
little mistress made
unhappy thereby.
No. 1878. This
stunning outfit for
a lady doll consists
of a shirtwaist with
stylish three-quarter
sleeves and Peter
Pan cuffs and coll
lar, a fve-gored rip
pie skirt, and a
three-quarter length
coat for outdoor
wear. This entire
set is included in
Pattern No. 1873,
and is cut in sizes
for dolls from four
teen to twenty four
inches high, meas
uring from crown
TO sole. Price 10
cents.
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the present emergency. Got that sign.
Mr.. Tubbs? All right; hang 'er out
And the sign in question was promptly
swung to the breeze:
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-09-14

tied to the breeders of the state o.
Oregon.
A committee of seven was appoint
ed to draw up a constitution. The
real object of the organization is the
promotion of the interest of livestock
raising in the Pacific Northwest.
The officers of the new organiza-
tion are: r. Scott, president; NJ
Merris, secretary, and Mr.. Cleveland
secretary.
The stockmen passed resolutions
relating to the sheds at the fair
ground, which they claim are in bad
condition, and wish that the accom-
modations might be. improved in va
rious particulars. Some disappoint-
ment was also manifested at the Sc
lection of the judges which have
passed upon the cattle.
A committee was appointed to
draft plans for buildings for the live
stock. which are to be submitted to
the board of agriculture.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-09-14
RESERVE
A FINE
STREET
Eouth Commercial viii Be
Ruined Unless Looked
After

< come of the abutting property
rers on South Commercial street
20 very wisely raking rock into the
,hoeI tracks that are cut into the
NO macadam street Improvement.
rho whole street should be cared for
nd looked after for the coming year
= that a good, smooth surface eau
10 obtained. The rains are putting
tbe rock into a settled condition.
and the heavy traffic of fall and win
or will make the street smooth and
hard to ruin. If the wheel tracks
ARE allowed to gully out and fill with
standing water the street Will be
kuined. It would be equal to erect
Ing a $4,000 mansion and allowing
the roof to remain full of holes. The
nroperty owners should look after
this. or the city should look after 1t
for them. The rest of the abutting
property should be required to put
the sidewalks to grade, and make r
complete job of it. The sidewalk
lines and grades were never given
right by the city surveyors, but with
| the street established there should
Ibe no trouble in putting the side
walks down according to city ordi-
nances and to fit the street. That can
be made the most beautiful street In
| the city, and it will become a fine
residence street. The rainy season
has set in, and the impossible condi'
tion of that part of the town must
be remedied.
It has been suggested that the
property owners meet and appoint
committee to look after the matter
Of caring for the street. II the city
street department cannot take charge
bf the matter and put on one or two
men to All the holes and preserve
what has been done. then the com
mittee should employ some one, and
all the property pay its share. The
cost will be small to keep up, and the
damage will be great II 1t is not
done.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-09-14
Eugene EdItor An Town.

Charles II. Fisher. OF the Daily
Eugene Guard. is in the city. He has
been an Oregon newspaper man for
many years, and. after short expe-
rienee in Idaho. returned 20 this
state. He has great confidence that
there will be wonderful changes In
the willamette valley In the next
few years. and Is one Of the men
who can bring those things about.