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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
NEW SOURCE FOR FENCE POSTS.
Dead Lodeepole Pine Preserved With
Creosote by Cheap Process.

! An experiment in the preservative
treatment of dead lodgepole pine for
fence posts just completed by the
forest service, on the Henrys lake
forest reserve in Idaho, has given re-
suits of economic value both to the
people of the community and to the
Forest Service 1t has demonstrated
that firekilled lodgepole pine is well
adapted to treatment with creosote oil
| by an exceedingly simple process.
/ The demand for durable posts by
ranchmen in the vicinity of Henrys
lake has hitherto been met by the use
of red cedar. but the supply of this
species is now completely exhausted
The only native trees at present avail
able for posts are lodgepole pine,
qualing aspen, and Douglas fir
Though durability varies with the
soundness and dryness of the posts
when placed in the ground and with
the character of the soil with which
they come in contact, in general, as
pen posts last from six to ten years
fir posts from FIVE to seven years, and
pine posts only from three to four
years.
| Lodgepole pine without preserva-
tive treatment is thus too short-lived
to make desirable posts or poles. The
idea of treating 1t was suggested by
the requirements of forest manage.
ment on the Henrys lake reserve
Large bodies of dead lodgepole pine
both standing and down-the legacy
of severe fires in 1902--are serious
handicap to the forest there. This
timber must be got rid of to make
room for young growth if the future
forest is to be well stocked.
Properly treated lodgepoIe pine
should last twenty years. which equals
the life of the former favorite. red
cedar BY treating the pine. and thus
making it serviceable for posts. the
Forest Service has found a way of re
moving the encumbering timber at
good price and supplying consumers
with valuable posts at a reasonable
figure. Since the success of preser.
vative treatment has been demon
strated the value of the wood has
risen from IS cents to approximately
40 cents per cord.
The treatment was given in a gal.
vanized-iron tank fitted with stearI
coils in which from 40 to 50 posts
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07

stripped Of bark were placed upright
Enough creosote was then run into
the tank to submerge the butts for
about 81 feet, heated to 200 degrees
F.. or a little above the boiling point
of water at that altitude. and after
wards allowed to cool.
The large quantity OF fire killed
timber on many of the forest re-
serves, the pressing need for dur
able wood, the steady rise in its price
due to the increasing difficulty Of OBJ
tanning it, and, finally, the ease with
which post timber can be treated. In
dictate that the preservative treatment
of timber is to have an important de-
velopment throughout the west This.
besides meeting the demands OF the
people and reducing the drain upon
the forest will lead to the improve
ment of conditions on the reserves
and insure better crops hereafter.
II is the intention of the Forest
Service to establish experimental
treating plants where there are
bodies of dead timber on the reserves
and a demand for durable wood can
not otherwise be met Experimental
work will be conducted with zine
chloride and other processes as the
needs of the different regions and the
thorough testing of each process may
require.
As a result of the best experiment
| it is understood that company will
take up the treatment of dead lodge
pole pine on commercial scale in
the spring. They are satisfied that
the simplicity and economy OF the
open-tank process introduced by the
Forest Service will enable them, with
certain notifications of apparatus, to
treat and sell not only fence posts
but telephone poles and posts used
for irrigating works. They count up
on a local market already in good
part developed by the confidence
which the fence-post experiment has
inspired.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07

ported. The imports of autos
amounted to nearly $1,000, 900 in val
ne. but this hgure was practically or
set by the exports of automobiles
amounting in value to s4.409.1s6 or
the exports of these machines $1,000.
900 worth went to the United King
corn and nearly another 100000
worth to other European countries.
Tropical countries also were large
buyers OF this class of vehicles, Mex
leo having bought s717, 523 worth,
against $192,452 in 1905; while the
West Indies and Bermuda took SAL
900 worth; South America $4,000
Australia nearly 100000 and the
British East Indies s34,111 worth.
In the copper industry, although
this country produces one-half the
worlds copper, and is one of the
largest exporters of that product it
also is one of the largest importers
of that commodity The value of cop
per imports in 1906 was over s37 1000, :
900 while the exports of copper
amounted to over s90,O00,000. This
anomaly apparently grows out of the
fact that the United States has SUI
perior smelling and refining facili-
ties and that the copper from its inn
mediate neighbors at the north and
south-Canada and Mexico-fiows TO
its smelling establishments and re-
fineries. The United States which
has steadily reduced its importations
of tin plate from more than 1,000,-
100000 pounds in the fiscal year, 1901,
to 27,000,000 in the calendar year
1906 has become an exporter Of that
article and the expectations OF tin
plate of domestic manufacture were
in 1906 $1,0O1 ,6SS in value, exclusive
of the foreign tin-re-exported.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
A Sorry Prospect for the Future.

Dupre had been rather a naughty
boy on the street car, and after they
reached home his mother corrected
him in the good old-fashioned way,
though not anything like so severely
as he imagined.
Now, Dupre." she said. Il hope YOU
will remember what happens when
boys do not obey their mothers. and
next time we are on the cars that YOU
will sit quietly as mother tells you"
Yes, m-m-mother," he sobbed. Il
w-will IL | am e-e-ever able to s-s-sit
down anywhere a-a-again. w. L.
Agnew in Woman's Home Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
WINNING ON THE TURNS.

At last we were face to face with
the problem of winning on the turns
OR losing.
A mile away was the hazardous
Krug Corner--the spot where the
race was to be really lost or won, the
question of Supremacy determined,
Fifty yards behind the laundering
Fiat came the Darracq. Would Ian.
cha take the turn ON the outside !
Vivet was watching, measuring every
move of the car ahead. Presently
the rolling cloud, at the core of which
was the Italian car, swerved. Viyet
my companion, waved his hand, my
right foot crashed down on the ac.
celerator pedal and the Darracq re-
sponded nobly. Between the swerv.
ing Fiat and the inner rim of tue
road was an opening of possibly ten
feet. The great crowd swayed pack
ward as the Darracq hurtled into
the breach straight ahead My the
two left wheels were on the ground
A false move and the car would have
turned completely over. AS, how
ever, the four wheels struck sinul.
taneously, the straining machine
Strengthened out with perfect eoui-
librium and the Fiat followed. Over
the next ten miles of read we were
moving at the rate of hundred
miles an hour and we passed the
grand stand at the end of the sixth
circuit with Lancia a minute behind.
How | Won the Vanderbilt Cup in
Outing Magazine
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
SKIN MIX for laying Hens.

The department of agriculture has
received report from the West Vir
ginia experiment station of a test
made to determine the value of skin
milk as against water for wetting a
feed mash. In the first test, which
covered 122 days, % hens fed skim
milk laid 1,244 eggs, as compared with
$50 eggs laid by the 20 hens fed mash
wet with water. In the first period OF
the second test, so hens fed the skim
milk ration laid S62 eggs in 81 days,
as compared with 632 eggs laid by a
similar lot fed no skim milk. In the
second period the rations were re-
versed. The chickens fed skim milk
laid 1,220 eggs in Sc days, as com
pared with 978 in the case Of the lot
fed no skim milk. In both experiments
more eggs were produced when skim
milk was substituted for water for
molstening the mash. Under the con-
ditions prevailing in these expert
ments and with eggs selling for 20 or
% cents a dozen the skim milk used
for moistening the mash had feed
ing value of from ~ to 2 cents a
quart. In these trials 802 quarts of
skim milk were fed, resulting in an
increase in the egg production of 702
eggs
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
DRINKING LESS CHAMPAGNE.
So at Least Uncle sam Has Found


According to a report of the nat.
aonal bureau of statistics the United
states has either been affected by tlfs
temperance movement or else il has
found some drink that 1t likes better
than champagne. The report shows
that we used less champagne last
year than we aid the year previous.
The report. among other interesting
things, tells we are considered one OF
the greatest cotton producing doun.
tries of the world
A statement was issued by the bu.
reau of statistics ON the "ebb and
How OF the commerce of the United
States in 1906" The figures show that
Ss4.f25 dozen quarts of champagne
and other sparkling wines were i'm.
, ported in 1906. valued at $685. 25.
while in the immediately preceding
year the number of dozen quarts was
4oi,,514 valued at s5,995. 651.
While the United States is one of
the greatest coffee-consuming coun.
tries in the world, yet 1t h exporting
that product. The exports of domes-
tic products include sl,51S,4s4 pounds
OF green or raw coffee. valued at 49,.
S1o5s2. This rs explained by the
Tact that Porto Rico and the Ha.
waiian islands are customs districts
of the United States. and that their
exports TO foreign countries are now
included within the figures OF exports
from the various customs districts OF
this country. 1t is stated that doubt.
less all OF this coffee is the product OF
the island possessions referred to. In
addition lS,5o0,oOO pounds of coffee
of foreign production brought 10 this
country was re-exported.
Another curious feature OF Amert
can commerce is that while this coun
try produces three-fourths OF the
worlds cotton. s1l 900 900 worth OF
that produc; was imported last year
TO say nothing OF 100000 worth OF
waste cotton. This product. however
is of different quality from that
produced in the United States being
of the long silky fibre. coming mInci
pally from Egypt While this country
is the largest manufacturer of cotton
goods. the importations OF manufac-
lures OF this product aggregated, in
round figures. s6s.000.Oe0 in value,
which was more than so per cent in
excess OF the value Of these goods ex.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07

alter has its foyer, or hall for promen-
aiding. At the Opera House it is
large and spacious; at the Opera
Comique it is dainty and gay. The
latest Paris theater, opened by Nine.
Rejane, has perhaps the prettiest
and most spacious of all, with, IN
addition, a gallery for an orchestra.
In few minutes the foyer is crowd
ed, and lively buzz of conversation
is going on. This is the time 20 see
the latest creations of the dress
makers. This, indeed, is Vanity
Fair, at its prettiest, its most at
tractive and its best Beauty holds
court compliments are exchanged
appointments made. The play is TOR
gotten; the function has changed into
conversations. In these brilliant
assemblies one element is conspicu
Gus by its absence. It is that of the
Partisan girl. Society debutantes &c
little to plays, except to classical
matinees at the Francois. Still less
would their parents dream of taking
them to premieres. Indeed, few
plays performed on the Paris stage
are at all suited for the mind Of the
marriageable young girl. Therefore
at premiere, although the house is
filled with youth and beauty, it i.
with youth and beauty ripened by
philosophical reflection Or experience
In the second interval number
of persons remain in their seats, es
pecially in the boxes, and this is the
time for paying calls. BY this tins
all have found their friends and Cal
go and chat ih comparative privacy
with them. Very good critics are
these people. By the end of the sec
ond act judgments are formed, anC
either success is assured or failure
predicted. In the third interval there
is demand for refreshments. Boxer
of chocolates are opened, and the fes
tive supper party at some fashionable
restaurant which is to close The
evening, is arranged. Back in theil
places the brilliant company closely
watch the last act, applaud, if they
think the situation deserves it, anj
when the curtain falls for the LAS
time, and the stars of the cast have
made their last bows, the house emp
ties as if by magic, the lovely frock;
and pretty wearers melt into ths
night and the premiere is over.
1t may be noted that the strange
reports circulated abroad, according
to which an enterprising Armenian
had set up voting apparatus in Ger
tain Paris theaters so that people
when leaving might with little trou
BILE, cast votes as to whether they
considered the performance good OF
bad, are purely imaginative. Nc
such apparatus has been seen at any
of the leading theaters in Paris, ant
inquiries among theatrical manager:
indicate that such an invention would
not be likely to become popular II
Paris, where people leave the thea
ter in too much of hurry to con
slider it worth while to express theil
opinions of the play. which they car
readily do next day in the newspa
pers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
griccltural Lore

| scours in calves running at pasture
and receiving grain at the same dime
the formalin treatment did not prove
effective.
Bottles handled in an ordinary
commercial way at the Wisconsin
experiment station and exposed to
steam for 10 minutes were found to
contain a much smaller number of
bacteria. In the condensation water
in bottles which had been steamed
and allowed to stand at room tenn
perature for "a hours the number of
bacteria varied from 1,7S6,800 to
1881, 900. In two corresponding
series of bottles containing no con
densation water the number of bac-
terra were 60,710 and 330,100. In
series of steamed bottles exposed to
the air for "a hours the number OF
bacteria averaged 292,450 a bottle,
while in similar series which had
been covered with al linen cloth the
number of bacteria averaged 11,b15,
showing the Importance of keeping
bottles covered.
1t was formerly believed that the
fat in the food was the main source
of the fat in the milk A good COW,
however, will produce in year a
much larger amount of fat in the
milk than she consumes in the food
showing that the fats are in part
produced from other nutriments. In
yestigations that have been made
show that 1t is not possible to In
crease either the percentage or the
total amount of fat In the milk for
any appreciable time by the feeding
OF fats or oils. Where fats have been
fed to cows, even at the rate of two
pounds or more day of tallow, cot.
ton-seed oil, or other fats, the fat
content of the milk was not perman
emily increased.
There Is no better place for keep
ing eggs than in the cellar, as it is
cool, and generally plenty of room
can be allowed for turning. Eggs
can be kept on either end. but they
should be turned twice week. All
eggs should be sorted as to size
shape and color. When they are
ready for market they will be at the
disposal of the shipper. Eggs should
be placed away in the cellar per
fectly clean. No egg will sell If it
Is in filthy condition, nor will eggs
Keep as long as when they are clean.
BE sure that the eggs are in perfect
order as to all the requirements
mentioned and buyers will be on
hand when they are wanted.
A dispatch from Michigan saws
that the beet-sugar product of that
state this year will be unprecedented
In 1904 5h tons was the average pro.
duction an acre. In 1905 II rose to
/ seven tons. but the crop was very
short. This year the average pro
duction Will be 10 tons an acre. one
ton In excess of the standard of a
good year. There are under CON
tract this year between $4,000 and
so'ooo acres, as compared with
$500 last year. The beet-sugar
manufacturers expect a production
this year of 200,000,000 pounds
against 143.1oo,o0o pounds last year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
THE ULTIMATE NATION.

Once Babylon, by beauty tenanted,
In pleasure palaces and walks of
pride,
Like a great scarlet flower reared her
head,
Drank in the sun and laughed. and
sinned and died
" here Tyre and Sidon teemed with
ships aload,
The wharves are idle and the
waters lone;
And to the temple that was His abode
In vain Jerusalem recalls her own.
Brooding the bygone from he. sculp-
tured seats,
In living rock her mighty memories
hewn,
Along the Nile, wonder of water
streets,
Old fertile Egypt is a strangers
boon.
Mark Athens, breathed upoa by
breath of gods,
With bards and sages to reveal her
signs,
Leap like fame above life's iron
clods,
To fall in ashes upon vacant
shrines
And Rome, firm founded in wide en-
prise;
Her laws and legions, her imseriaI
goal,
Avail not when her sometime honor
dies,
Smothered in shows that XIII the
mounting soul.
Sucn names of pride and power have
been brought low,
Lapsing alike into the caveruous
years;
Out of the grayness of the long ago
Their ghosts fit homeless and we
guess their tears.
The destiny of nations, They arise.
Have their heyday of triumph. and
Sink upon silence, and the lidless eyes
OF Fate salute them from their
final urn.
How splendid sad the story, How
the gust
And pain and bliss of living tran
silent seem.
Cities and pomps and glories sarunk
to dust,
And all that ancient opulence
dream.
Must majestic rythm of rise and
fall
Conquer the peoples once SO proud
on earth?
Does man but march in circles, after
all,
Playing his curious game of death
and birth?
Or shall an ultimate nation, Gods
own child,
Arise and rule, nor ever conqaered
be;
Untouched of time because, all un-
defled.
She makes His ways her ways .ter-
nally?
-h-chard Burton.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
incident in the Side Show.

The living skeleton tastes what is
spread ON his bread, and in displeas.
ure sighs, "oleol"
In a cage near by lion stops his
restless movements and listens in,
tently. Then, feeling assured that | e
has only dreamed that some one call
ed him. he resumes his oscillations.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07
Iowa Central issues Passes.

The Iowa Central railway cannot
get away from the proposition Of is
suing passes to the newspaper men
and consequently has entered into con-
tract with the newspapers along its
line whereby railroad mileage is ex-
changed fer advertising space. Il is
the distinct understanding that tho
transportation shall not be used as a
part of an interstate journey. az pro
vided in the rate law. under penalty
OF prosecution If it is used as sucA
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-07

Jones Always speaks his mind
Us he as quiet as all thatrs-Har-
ward Lampoon.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-10-02
A PARASITE CREEPER.
New Zealand's Vegetable Caterpillar Is
Most Peculiar Plant. ,.'

New ZeaIand's Vegetable Caterpillar Is
a Most Peculiar Plant. -"
The most extraordinary object have
ever seen is the New Zealand vegetable
caterpillar. The rata Is a parasite
creeper which first destroys its forest
host and then brushes 1t to death and,
usurping it's skeleton, becomes a tree
itself If the rata Seeding Is dug up
1t is found to be springing not from
seed, but from the head of perfectly
formed caterpillar. $50
It is supposed by some that the
caterpillar. which on dissection proves
to be internally the exact counterpart
Of its living insect relative, swallows
the tiny rata seed while living and,
burrowlng into the ground, becomes.
instead Of chrysalis, the terminating
agency turns it's unfortunate foster
mother into wood.
Others, however, contend the cater
pillar itself Is produced by the rata,
urging In support of their theory that
IL springing from a seed the shoot
would grow out of different parts Of
the caterpillar instead of invariably
growing out of the head.
The insect vegetable is yellowish,
aboAt four inches long and Is fully ex-
tended. I have seen them freshly dug
up and others that have been kept for
years, and all had the appearance of a
perfect insect carved in wood.-Pear-
sons Weekly. s..
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-10-02
EASY. FOR M0RPHY.
Story Of the Great Chess Master and q
Celebrated Painting.

Story Of the Great Chess Master and q
Celebrated Painting.
Paul Morphy, on his visit to Phila-
delphia, was the guest of clergyman
the Rev. Mr.. II. On his arrival at the
minister's home the chess master was
FIRST ushered into the library. and his
attention was at once attracted by a
painting over the mantel, which was
fine copy Of celebrated painting rep
resenting a game Of chess between a
young man and the devil, the stake be-
Ing the young mans soul.
The artist had most graphically de-
picted the point in the game where 1t
was apparently the young mans move,
and he seemed just to realize the fact
that he had lost the game, the agony of
despair being shown in every line Of
his features and attitude. while the
devil from the opposite side of the ia
BILE gloated over him with fendish de-
light. The position Of the game appear
ed utterly hopeless for the young man,
and Mr.. n. said he had often set it up
and studied 1t with his chess friends,
and all agreed the young mans game
was certainly lost.
Mr.. Morphy walked up to the picture
and studied it for several, minutes,
when finally, turning to Mr.. h, he
said:
81 can win the game for the young
man."
Mr.. II. was Of course astonished and
said. els 1t possible?"
Mr.. Morphy replied, Get out the
men and board and let us look at IT,"
The position was set up, and in a
few rapid moves he demonstrated a
complete win for the young man, and
the devil was checkmated.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-10-02
ABOARD A MAN-0F-WAR.
LIE Largely Made Up Of scrubbinss
Regulations and Inspections.

1t7o Largely MADE UP OF Scrubpin9S,
Regulations and Inspections.
The days programme aboard a man
of-war is calculated to make the boy
who wants to run away to sea sit up
and think twice. 1t varies somewhat
according as the ship is in port or at
sea and under different commands, bur
In any case, from o'clock In the morn
ing till 1880 at night, 1t is a rather
strenuous round of .scrubbings and
drills. The recruit realizes very soon
that the expression "shipshape" means
good deal. r'2.'..-
Saturday morning is a tremendous
cleaning time, called field day." which
is followed by a. half holiday in the
afternoon, and on Sunday morning the
captain himself inspects his ship from
keel to truck. The marine band is sta
toned just below on the hurricane
deck, and the bluejackets stand on the
port side Of the quarter deck and the
marines on the starboard, all ready
for inspection. / -*
But life isn't all scrubbings, regula-
lions and inspections. On the larger
ships the government furnishes ath-
letic supplies, and each man-of-war
has her champion boxer and baseball
and football teams These teams are
managed or supervised, at least, by
officers, and many an ensign or lieu
tenant who has won his "N'' at the
Naval academy plays shoulder to shoul-
der with his bluejackets, Such ia
miliarity would, have scandalized old
Commodore Porter beyond words.-St.
Nicholas