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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
THE zoDIAcAL LIGHT.
Caused by 6ombardment by Flying
Particles of the Sun.

| Literary Digest.-If we are to be-
lieve A. Hausky, whose observations
on the zodiacal light from the sum-
NIT of Mt. Blanc, two years ago. at
| tracted much attention, both this
phenomenon and the solar corona
are of the nature of permanent solar
auroral displays. being due to the
same cause as the earth's polar auro-
ras. namely, bombardment by flying
particles from the sun. Mr.. Hausky's
theory, which is noticed in Cosmos,
makes use of the the recent discover
les regarding the constitution of mat
ter, the pressure exerted by light,
etc. Says the paper just mentioned:
Hausfy thinks that the zodiacaI
| light. the solar corona and the polar
aurora are all electric phenomena.
According to the new theories of
ions and electrons, the sun is sending
from its surface in all directions very
small particles carrying charges OF
negative electricity, detached from
the solar surface, particularly in re-
gions where solar activity is most in
tense; t--sse particles, having dia-
meters less than micron, are re-
PEELED by the pressure of the light
and move with speed OF several
thousands of kilometers per second.
TO them are due the phenomena or
the corona and the zodiacal light.
also, when they reach the earth, they
produce the polar auroras and the
other manifestations or terrestrial
electricity.
IL is we'll known that the solar
corona senes into space irregular
rays which sometimes extend 10 a uis.
lance of II solar radii, as observed BY
Langley in the eclipse of 1878. These
rays show the direction of the jets q,
electrified particles which generally
issue normally TO the solar surface
The activity of lie sun being more
intense in the zones near its equator
particularly in the period of spot,linl-
ma, the corona has a greater develop
ment in the place of the solar equator.
As a zodacal light il Is only a pro.
longa0on OF the corona me eiectrl-
we'd particles issuing from the sun do
not proceed In right lines, but under
the action OF force apparently OF
magnetic origin, they approach the
plane OF the solar equator, upeylng
this force most fhen their speed is
slightest. This tendency is seen IN
the form OF the corona at minimum
periods, which Is like lens much
fattened in the plane OF the suns
equator. During these PERIODS the
the particles emitted must have a
low velocity. In any case the coron.
al streamers have the form of sprays
very widely recurved toward the equa-
tor Receding from the sun, the
particles lose their velocity, ACQUIRE
more and more direction parallel to
the plane Of the solar equator. and
then move nearly In straight line
Ihus they give rise to the zodiacar
light, which extends in the form OF n
ilattened lens, up to 60 degrees from
the sun and becomes in lnese regions
far distant from that body. straight
and parallel 20 the suns equatorial
plane.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

we have ever used. In addition to
this, q few whole eats fed immediate
ly after the milk, Is most excellent,
and ! do not object to a little corn
meal In connection with these mar
row feeds, especially If the hay Is
clover or alfalfa
The Cali Pen,
The calves should be Kept under
shelter the first six months of their
existence in roomy, well ventilated
pens, with stanchion front and man.
ger, to be used at feeding time.
The pens should be Uttered daily
with dry straw, shredded corn fod-
der, or, best Of all, where obtainable,
dry saw dust. With the quantity
of bedding usually employed, IL al
lowed to be trampled under foot for
time. rather than removed daily,
the pen will be kept drier and more
nearly odorless. A cement floor is
the most uncongenial bed possible
for calf, or any other animal to lie
upon.
We do not like to have calves up
on grass while feeding milk and
have had far better success with dry
feed in connection with 1t. We used
to feed silage, but are Withholding 1t
now from our younger calves, as we
find that the more hay we can get
them to eat, the more milk we can
iced without causing bowel trouble,
and milk is the ideal food for the
young.
A Perplexlng Question.
II there is one question asked more
frequently than any other in connec-
ton with calf raising, it is what to
do for scours.
There are two distinct diseases
known by this name The more
serious. but. fortunately. the one
least frequently met with, is q germ
disease called white scours. or its
origin or treatment but little is posi-
lively known by even our best author
tiles. So many outbreaks have oc-
Cured in aborting herds that some
claim there Is a close relationship
between the germs that cause both
diseases and that the calf is born
with the germs already in the di-
gestive tract. Others claim that the
germ enters the system through the
raw naval and claim immunity by
sprinkling the bedding and stall with
carbolic acid water before the calf is
dropped, and upon birth, amounting
the naval with some good disin-
fectant. For this last purpose a
mixture Of iodoform and boracic
acid in equal parts has been recon-
mended These precautions are no
doubt wise where the disease is an
ticipated
AS a remedy. high authorities ad-
wise castor oil, but have never yet
seen good results from its use, and l
will confess that have had q preJu-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

weeks from birth of calf, and then
add little skim milk direct from
the separator. taking at least week
to make the change. Sometimes, in
case Of milk from high testing cows,
we put in little skim milk soon ar
ter the calf is taught to drink. but
usually the calf is from three to
four weeks old before it is deprived
OF all butter fat BY this time it is
eating some hay. the best We have in
the NOW
About this time we put small
handful of standard middlings on top
OF the milk and about a teaspoonful
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
FROM THE ANNALS OF ALASKA.
Notes From Missionary Of the Ameri.
can Board.

WIVES IRWIN missionary OF the Ameri-
can Board.
Rev. James r. Cross in the Congra.
gationalist.-The year 1906 VIII be a
notable one in the annals OF Alaska.
which is now for the first time allow.
ed delegate in the House or Repre-
sentatives. The election resulted in
sweeping victory for the miners
and working men. One precinct on
Behring strait was called up by pnons
for election returns and reported
No election officers reported at the
polls. We couldn't vote, so we had
hght. Bill Kennedy got licked
The winter thus far has been ex-
ceedlngly prosperous. Gold has been.
round in large quantities Wherever
work has been done and prospecting
In new localities shows much gold
ooth IN placer and quartz. Seward
peninsula is now covered with a tele-
phone system, so rnat every large
mine is tied to the whole world In
O "ho 10 puTied Tor months
under 30 feet of snow. Railroad
building is going on and though the
road is as narrow as the way thar
ieadeth unto life, 1t is neither stra;yot
level nor solid But It meers the AZ.
'nands OF the country and oyer II
'upplies are hauled in the ronr
months OF alleged summer for IN.
eieht months of actual, tangible win.
ter Every summer shows nov
terrible the winter has been bv mn.
covering the remains of some "m,,.t.
er' who, lost or tired of his trail ba.
FALLEN in snowy bed.
But more things than mattr,a, pra
eress nave come by sea and lond
For some years the whalers have mada
immense sums In trade an wba,inc
IN trading the reatest profit In.
peen on alcohol and whisky. These
were dealt out freely until a whole
village would be drunk and then the,
were willing to trade furs. ivory ana
whalebone for mere song The trade
IN whisky and girls-for they ofta
secured children as young as II and
Twas common on both the Amari.
can and Siberian coast bur v,ta
me coming OF the missions nm,
courts IT has been driven TO remote
POINTS on the American coast or 10
oomeoe Islands and Siberia.
Meanwhile the Eskimos had boon
aught to make raw spirits from as
asses, dried apples and -four There
las been an Mtempr to stop thle
raiiic and to bring the offenders In
usuce. But by one device or ar
'ther the men always have ESCAPED
the fall OF 1905, number OF wbal
Frs were frozen In near the mouth O
De Mackenzie river. and in July. 1901
he revenue cutter Thetis. under com
nand Of Capt HambIet. was sent n,
o catch them On reaching rom
'arrow he found narrow OPENING
the sea and soon caught Can,
'ewth of the steam whaler Janette-
augh him red-handed, THE most no
orious wretch and the most bruta'
ian who has eyes heen IN the Arcti,
'cean."
The attention Of the Russian gov
eminent has been calico 70 the wnis.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

milk scale 25-cent fish scale will
answer. Just hang your pail on
ne hook and pour in the milk. It is
only the work of moment and may
mean dollars in results. have found
IN my experience that variation of
less than a pound in calls ration
has caused trouble and that is closer
tnan you can guess the amount in
pouring the milk into a rail.
We feed whole milk abon, tw.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
In Their own Coin.

One day two ladies hired cab and
paid The driver his dollar for their n ie
with he following coins: a 25.cent
piece, three dimes FIVE 5-cent pieces.
o 3-cent piece, two 2-cent pieces ami
thirteen pennies.
After looking al the miscellany for
a moment. the driver smiled broadly
and asked. whimsieally: We'll
well now. and how long have YOU beer,
saving up for this nice little treat 10
dayT'-Harper's Weekly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

Now. then demanded the propri
etor haven't you any diamond pins
to suit that gentleman"
Plenty Of them.' answered the tired
salesman
Then, what's the trouble?v
Well, sir, the gentleman doesn'
seem 10 care to pay oyer s cents -
Washington Herald.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

r. N. White, corresponding iecre
iary Of the Missouri Press association
announces that the Wabash railroa
company has agreed to exchang
transportation in the state for news
paper advertising. The transports
ton Is not good out Of the state or o.
ar interstate trip.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

Of blood meal or blood four on top
Of that The middiinas prevent the
latter feed. which Is heavy. from set
ting into the corners OF the pail and
the calf in tapping up the middlings
gets the blood meal Just now we
are using blood -four and like It the
best Of any highly concentrated feed
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

Il found a bargain in mems shoes 70
day" said Meeker.
That's more than 7 ever found" 70
joined Mrs. Mesker, in tone redolcn
with significance.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07
viii Enough for Two.

SO your husband is going to give 10
smoking? That requires strons
win"
Yes. but have strong will"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

say pounds per feed, twice day to
a Guernsey or Jersey. or possibly more
to a Holstein. but have had no ex-
perience with the latter OF with the
beef breeds. Could milk be at hand.
sweet and warm, at the noon hour. IT
would no doubt be better TO feed
smaller quantity, say pounds. three
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

we have ever used. In addition to
this, few whole Eats fed immediate
ly after the milk, Is most excellent,
anu ! do not object to a little corn
meal In connection with these mar
row feeds, especially If the hay Is
clover or alfalfa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13
ECZEMA COVERED BABY.
Worst Case Doctors Ever Saw-SSx
fered Untold Misery-Perfect Cure
by Cuticura Remedies.

MY son, who is now twenty-five
years of age, when four months old
began to have eczema on his face,
spreading quite rapidly until he was
nearly covered. The eczema was some
thing terrible and the doctors said it
was the worst case they ever saw. At
timcs/his whole body and face were
covered, all but his feet. l used many
kinds of patent medicines, to no avail.
A friend leased me to try Cuticura.
At last | decided to try Cuticura when
my boy was three years and four
months old, having had eczema all that
time and suffering untold misery. I
began to use all three Of the Cuticura
Remedies. He was better in two
months; in six months he was well.
Mrs. R. L. Risley, Piermont, N. H.,
Oct. "a, 1905"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13
AN OLD EDITOR
Found $4,000 Worth of Food.

The editor Of a paper out tn Okla.
said: Yes, it is true when l got hold
of Grape-Nuts food, it was worth more
than $1,000 doctor bill to me, for it
made me well man. 1 have gained
Is pounds in weight, my strength has
returned tenfold, my brain power has
been given back to me, and that is an
absolute essential, for I am an editor
aud have been for 30 years.
My pen shall always be ready to
speak a good word for this powerful
nutritive food. I had of course often
read the advertisements regarding
Grape-Nuts, but never thought to apply
the food to my own use, until, in my
extremity and sickness the thought
came to me that it might fit my case.
The statements in regard to the food
are absolutely correct, as / have proven
in my own case. One very fortunate
thing about the food is that while it is
the most scientifically made and highly
nourishing, concentrated food / have
ever known, it has so delicious taste
Tat it wins and holds friends"
There's a Reason" Read 1.-The Road
g Wellville," in pkgs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13
Strange Ocean Postoffice,

I should like to mention postoffice
On the ocean, which certainly belongs
to the most primitive in the whole
world, and does not boast a single Off
cial
1t is in the South American CONT
nent, on the coast of Patagonia. Close
to the edge of the sea is erected a
strong beam, on which is written post
Office" and joined to it by a movable
strong iron chain lies a barrel with a
movable cover. The ships which pass
through the straits send a boat to the
coast to take out those letters which
are to be forwarded, and at the same
time put in their own postal matter, the
former being conveyed to the next port,
to be sent on by means of the usual
post.
In the Torres Straits on one of the
islands belonging to Australia, is a SIM
liar post-station, equally primitive and
equally fulfilling its purpose-The
Girls Own Paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13
From Far and Near.

Four churches and a school house were
wrecked by tornado at Rome, Tex.
There are about 10000 persons idle in
San Francisco because of labor troubles.
The fire department of Wyoming, Ohio,
was burned out when the town hall was
destroyed.
The management of the jamestown ex-
position will be undertaken temporarily
and without salary by James IT. Barr,
Line.
Buck High, 15-year-old negro, was
hanged at McDonough, Pc. for assault
upon a 4-year-old daughter of a white
citizen.
For the fortieth time the general as
sembly of the United Presbyterians has
declined to create the Office of general
treasurer.
Before the end of the summer 200, 200
unorganized laborers and clerks of west
ern railroads will receive a 10 per cent
wage increase.
The Poeahontas Memorial Association
has announced that the unwilling OF the
statue of Pocahontas at jamestown is
postponed until late in the fall.
Former Police Captain Jacob Schriba
of Newark, \. J., charged with dereic-
ton in Office. was given the maximum
punishment for his offense-a fine of
$1,000.
A gift of $4,000 to the Agnes Scott
institute, college for young women at
Decatur, Ga, is announced. The giver
is Samuel NJ. Inman, wealthy Atlanta
citizen.
George Kern, alias G. Thomas, was ar
rested at Toronto, Ont, at the instance
OF United States authorities and for
whose arrest two warrants have been
sworn out in Knoxville, Tenn. one charg
ing perjury and the other coneealment of
funds in a bankruptcy case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13

new systemL Nearly every merger has
been attended by a stock issue, largely
Of water. which has been saddled upon
the railroads. The masters of finance
were discounting the growth of the ma
ton and the development of the prop
critics they We're consolidating.
Every observant person has been
aware Of the fact that since the Span
ish-AmerIcan war the nations business
has been expanding at a great rate.
The only branch of the counIry's mech
anism that has not kept pace with this
expansion has been the railroad. 1t has
been the policy of the masters of
finance TO check the building Of new
lines, force Independent ones into sub
mission and concentrate traffic so that
It would yield the largest possible rev.
euue to the trunk systems which they
controlled. They have succeeded. The
railroads of the United States to-day
are in few hands. But in their hunger
for large profits and early returns
from the properties they have absorbed,
the masters of finance have neglected
the physical well being of the railroads.
They have looked more TO net earnings
than TO improved roadbeds, additional
equipment and better service to the
public. They viewed with more favor
the manager who worked men and
cars to the limit all the time and show
ed a reduction Of operating expenses,
with a big incre.:se in gross earnings,
than the one who always sought to i'm
prove the property.
When about year ago the tremen-
dous bulge in the volume Of traffic came
suddenly it found the railroads unpre-
pared. The masters Of finance had not
added many locomotives and cars to the
possessions of the properties they had
absorbed. Neither had they extended
the terminals Of the various roads to
meet the requirements Of a constantly
growing traffic. Division superintend-
entS. yardmasters. masters Of transpOr-
tatiOn, train dispatchers, conductors,
firemen, engineers and brakemen did
their work as only welI-trained, earnest,
efficient men will do. When they were
called upon to work extra hours they
did SO willingly. But they could make
they battIed, the more freight seemed
to pour in upon them. Locomotives
capable of drawing thirty loaded cars
were pressed to drag trains of thirty
six or forty. Men who could work
safely and we'll twelve or fourteen
hours day were kept on duty sixteen
or eighteen. Cars that should go to the
repair shops We're kept in service on
the chance that they would get through
all right.
As it was with freight so was it with
passenger traffic. Every passenger car
that could be utilized seemed to be
needed One branch of the service
seemed to keep pace with the other in
growth.
And now the railroads are in the
throes of the reaction from the strain.
Equipment has given way and men
have given way. Hundreds of persons
have been killed and hundreds more
probably will be slaughtered before
affairs come to a normal state. The
dozens and dozens of freight wrecks
with the killing or manning of rail
road employees have been too small in
interest to attract general attention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13
Capital Punishm ent.

Capital punishment is still practised
in many countries, though of late years,
especially in the United States, it has
been made as humane as possible. That
creation of the French Revolution, the
guillotine, is still used by some coun-
tries, and the old executioners ak deals
out justice in Brunswick.
The most humane method of execu-
ton, the electric chair, is used only
in the United States. Spain employs
the garrote, or iron collar, which is
frightened until the victim strangles to
death; and in Prussia the heads of
prisoners are struck off with the sword
The guillotine is used in Bavaria and
Belgium; and Russia destroys her
criminals by shooting, hanging, and
with the executioner's sword. The gal
lows is the official means of administer
ing death in Great Britain; Austria
has adopted the same means; but Chi
nese criminals are killed by the sword.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13
side Lights on Mythology.

Sister" asked Melpomene, why art
thou so gloomy?'
Because" said Calliope, who. in her
capacity as the muse that presided over
eloquence and epic poetry, had done a
hard days work at her desk, reading man
uscripts and firing them into the waste
basket Il am oppressed by a foreboding
that all my labors have gone for naught.
shall die utterly unknown and my
name will perish from the earth ~
Little did she think that the most
diabolical and soul destroying instrument
ever devised for the purpose of torturing
the ears Of mankind would send her
name screaming and footing down the
ages Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13


The Chequers Inn, Osmotherley, is
relic of the old coaching days, but it is
now famed for its fire, which has new
er been out for more than 100 years
and over which griddle cakes are
baked.
This huge fire is kept continually
burning by peat or turf from the York
shire moors. An excellent tea is pro-
vided for visitors, the chief dainty
being the griddle cakes The peat
glows like red embers ON a red tiled
floor, the griddIe being suspended from
a bar above, the whole looking most
quaint and picturesque. The exterior
of the inn is most unpretentious and
Old World looking, as it nestles alone
on the Yorkshire wolds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13
Jews TO Demand Their Rights.

Indignant over the recent refusal of
the Marlborough Blenheim hotel at At
lantic City to receive the nieces of Sen
ator Rayner of Maryland on the ground
that they were Hebrews, a number of
prominent and wealthy Jews OF New
York have organized the Society for the
Enforcement of Equal Rights. 1t will
endeavor to prevent discrimination of any
kind upon the part OF hotel managers
against Hebrews or any other race of pee-
ple., and an effort will be made to obtain
legislation to this end in all States which
have no such laws.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13
SpygIasS that Tells Distance.

NJ. Gerard, an officer of the French
navy, has invented an instrument called
the telimeter. which enables one to find
accurately the distance of any visible OBJ
ject whose height is known, without COM
pick calculations. The principle on which
this instrument works is the combination
of two prismatic rings so adjusted as to
give variable retroactive angle, enabling
the user by means of a graduated scale
to read off the distance of the object
looked at without stopping TO go through
a mathematical calculation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-13

The city Of Paris owes its origin to
the conquest Of Gaul by Caesar. When
this Roman general on his path of CON
quest came to the present site of the
French capital he found a swampy
island in the river Seine, which was
inhabited by a Gallo tribe called Par
ISL, who lived III huts made of rushes
Rather than be captured by the Ro-
mans, these people burned their rude
city, which they called Lutetia, or
mud town." and the great Caesar,
quick to appreciate the situation, built
a temple TO Jupiter and a wall round
the island. A town soon sprang up
about the temple, and was named Par
ISL, after the ancient tribe. In later
years this was shortened to Paris.