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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-13

Yon can identify cur goods as the word Coca-Cola is plainly blown into the side of every bottle we turn out
 adv. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-13
RENEW DISCUSSIONS.

Berlin, Sept. l2.--The news that Com mander Peary was also unaccompanied by white observers when he reached the geographical point which he took to be the pole, has started the discus sion afresh regarding the claims of Peary and Dr. Cook. German geogra- phera, such as Gravelius, Hellmann. Sieglin. Suering and Friedrichsen, have been disposed throughout to believe the word of both Cook and Peary as they had no reason to doubt the scientihc competence or sincerity of each ex- piorer.
 The newspapers, which are now conn mentfng freely on the subject, consider that Commander Peary's friends ana possibly he himself. has shown too bit- ter & feeling towards pr. Cook, a feel ing which they say Is neither sports manlike scientific nor ethical.
 Prof. Suering. writing in The Nord Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung says that scientific circles need not be deep ly concerned whether the one or the other explorer took observations amid the field of ice, which showed the in- struments to be located at the North Pole or which reached there first. Sci- entists may~consider 1t settled that both men with unwearied zeal have at- tained their aim.
 A more interesting subject, he added. Is that wide fields yet exist for polar explorers to register their work.
 ''The Americans have stormed the pole and planted their fiag," he con cluded. but now. as before, most is still to be done."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-13
Send Press Boat .

Sydney, N. s.. Sept. t2.-The tug boat Douglas Thomas under charter of the Associated Press, has left here with q party of newspaper men on board for Battle Harbor. Labrador. where Con- mander Peary is now at anchor on board the Roosevelt. It will take about two days to make the trip, The Peary demonstration here will be the biggest of its kind ever witnessed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-13

Satin fabrics will undoubtedly figure very prominently in fan and winter wear, as they combine excellentiy well with the favorite meta
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-13
stiII Another Attack.

Trondhjem. Norway, Sept. 12--The Dagsposten accuses Dr. Cook of ap- propriating the plans and route for reaching the North Pole devised by Captain Baumann of the last Tram expedition, and published in 1906.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06
No,b,nr Funny About 1t.

ScenexxA druggists shop in small
Scotch village, which, as usual with
druggists shops similarly situated, is
the general emporium for all sorts OF
merchandise. Travelling tourist enters
and purchases a cigar, after lighting
which he attempts to draw the pro-
prietor into conversation, but the lat
ter seems reticent.
The tourist, after passing some re-
marks on the weather. asked: Don't
YOU feel trade dull at times in this lit
tie village, chemist?"
"Oh. WELL" replied the druggist, Il
Gamma complain. But, excuse me,
master. l dinna alloo smokin' in my
shop"
Indeed" said the tourist. That is
strange. You sell tobacco and cigars
and still don't permit smoking in your
shop. 1t is really rather funny"
lou. man." was the reply, there's
naething funny ABBOTT it. l sell arsen-
ic, but l dinna alloo We to commit sui
eide in my shop!"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06

In journeying through the Bad
Lands" of the West in 1876 in search
of fossils Charles H. Sternberg en-
countered many perils. In volume
entitled 1.-THE Life of Fossil Hunter"
he relates the story of an ADJ enture
where a misstep nearly cost him his
life.
One day the professor asked me to
climb a point near the summit OF a
lofty ridge, crowned by two massive
lodges of sandstone four feet thick.
which projected over the steep slope
like the window stills of some Titanic
building.
These lodges, one above the other
and separated by fifty feet of shale,
had been swept clean for about three
feet, SO that l found an easy pathway
for my feet when, after laborious
climbing, l reached the lower ledge.
From my lofty perch l had birds
eye view of mile upon mile of the won
derful Bad Lands, scene of desola-
ton such as no pen can picture.
1t was my duty to search every
square inch of the dust-covered slope
between the lodges for fossil bones.
After much unsuccessful effort, l came
to a place at the head of a gorge
where a perpendicular escarpment
dropped downward for a thousand
feet. The upper edge of sandstone
had broken loose for space of thirty
feet, and this huge mass of rock, four
feet thick, carrying with 1t the loose
dirt and polishing the underlying sur
face as it Numbered down the slope,
had struck the lower ledge with such
force that 1t, too, had broken loose
and plunged downward into the abyss.
A grove of pine trees at the base
of the cliff had been crushed to the
earth by this avalanche. To my view,
the remaining trees, which l knew TO
be about fifty feet high. appeared like
seedlings, and the vast mass OF rock
like a cobblestone.
l concluded that should have no
difficulty in crawling across the smooth
space. for reasoned that If l began to
slip. could drive the sharp end of my
pick into the soft rock and thus stop
myself. So, climbing up the slope
through the loose earth to the base
of the upper ledge. I started to cross.
When l was halfway over l began
to slip. and confidently raising my
pick. I struck the rock with all my
might. God grant that may never
again feel such horror as I felt then,
when the pick, upon which had de-
pended for safety, rebounded as use
less in my hands as bit of straw!
struck frantically again and again,
but all the time l was sliding down
with ever-increasing rapidity toward
the edge of the abyss, safety on either
side and certain and awful death be-
low.
To this day l do not know how
escaped. l suddenly found myself ly-
ing on the ledge, on the side had left
a moment before Probably some part
of my clothing, covered with dust as
it was, had. acted as a brake upon the
polished surface. | lay for an hour
with trembling knees, too weak 10
make my way back to camp.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06
Work of Earthworm..

1t is said that Darwin spent thirty
years of his life in studying the earth
worm. He found 1t blind, deaf and
dumb. He discovered that while 1t
lives In the cold. dark earth 1t knows
how, better than man, to pillow the
ground so that all the green things
can grow. 1t helps huge trees by
blowing the ground, turning 1t over
and loosening it up so that light and
air and sunshine and rain can get into
1t. These earthworms cast up piles
of earth, and the longer they work the
thicker the layers grow, until they
form vegetable mold. Nearly every
bit of this vegetable mold has been
through the bodies of these worms,
and the soil where this mold is found
is finer, darker and richer. 1t is finer
because 1t has been ground up by the
little stones in the worms gizzard. 1t
is darker and richer for having been
mixed with juices and dead leaves in
the worms body
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06

Authorities disagree as to the ad-
disability of grinding the corn for
hogs, some feeders claiming that II
does not pay for the cost and trouble
of grinding, while others think that
1t does pay well.
My experience is that some hogs will
chew corn well, while others will not
break half the grains. Usually young
hog will chew its food better than
an old one. l fattened hog last
year on dry corn, but not one-half OF
the grains were broken.
Where hog will not chew its feed
well l think it will pay to grind its
feed.
Hogs will not chew wheat well, and
no hog will chew buckwheat well, so
these grains should always be ground
before feeding TO hogs.
If corn is shelled and scattered on
a floor or on the ground, so that the
hogs will have to pick up one grain
at a time, they will chew 1t better
than when whole ears are thrown to
them.-A. J. Legg.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06
Some Alfalfa Pointers.

Alfalfa grows best on deep, sandy
loan, underlaid by losse and perme-
able subsoil
1t will not grow if there is an ex-
cess of water in the soil. The land
must be we'll drained. Pillow the land
deeply-alfalfa is deep feeder.
Sow alone and screen seed before
using to separate the dodder and other
weed Seeds Dodder is the worst
enemy of alfalfa.
For hay crop SOW 20 to 80 pounds
of seed per acre. For crop of seed
sow IA to Is pounds per acre.
Alfalfa does not attain maturity I'M
til the third or fourth year, so do not
SOW it expecting to get the best re-
suits in less time. Keep the weeds
moved and raked off the first season,
or they will choke out the crop.
Cut the hay when the first flowers
appear. If cut in full bloom the hay
will be woody. For seed cut when the
middle clusters of the seed pods are
dark brown.
Whether or not alfalfa is hardy,
profitable crop in the Northern States
has not been fully demonstrated, but
in some instances 1t has been grown
successfully even in Canada.-Lexing-
ton (Ky.) Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06


There has been a good deal Of dis
cussion of the utility of cement floors
for granaries and cribs. A correspond
ent of the Famers' Tribune contrib
utes the following favorable expert
ence:
81 have a cement floor in my gran
airy and corn crib, and 1t Is an abso-
lutte success. r did not build till late
In the fall. l made grout floor six
inches in thickness right down on the
ground, for which l used five parts
sand and gravel and one part Univer-
sal cement; then ! set up my building
on this floor. l fastened the stlls by
means OF big bolts set in the cement.
Grain was moved into the new bins
from the old granary and the grain Is
lust as bright next to the cement as 1t
Is in the middle of the bin. Ali win
ter long when there were thaws the
water stood on the north and west
sides of the granary to the depth Of
three to four inches and the cement
on the inside was seemingly perfectly
cry all the time. There is one thing
certain, the mice and rats have no
harbors under the floor, and there are
no cracks to batten to keep the grain
from running through. 1t Is nice
door to shovel from, there being no
nail heads to bother. Everything is
clean"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06
Des,roving ouack Grass.

often see directions given for kill
ing cut uuack grass, but think they
are all inferior to the method that l
employ. I would never try to drag
out the roots with harrow or rake.
because not all of the roots will be
gathered and those left will soon fill
the soil again. The pest can most
easily be killed right where 1t Is. the
roots furnishing an abundance OF
plant food. by using double-action
cutaway harrow. Now please don't
think that any kind Of a harrow viii
do, because 1t will not If you rely
on any except the one / have men
toned you will be disappointed.
have used one to destroy what / am
writing. If you pillow before quack
grass many times and am sure OF US
ing the harrow, run the ploy shallow
Just deep enough tc turn over the
quack roots, bottom side up; let lay
thus for a week and then go over the
field with the double-action cutaway
harrow; then after a few days repeat
the narrowing and keep at IL, going
over the field at intervals Of a few
DAYS until the pest is all destroyed.
II IL no use to- think that the field
be gone over perhaps dozen times
in one day, the quack viii be killed.
for the sun, as well as the harrow.
must get in it's work. The way to do
is TO go over the field once. then wait
a few days for the roots TO dry and
repeat the operation. By being thor
ough In this the grass can be destroy
ed and a crop grown the same year If
commenced early in the spring -Ag-
rjeultural Epitcmist
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06
:WOpQQRS Interests:


Women's Part I'm Worlds Progress.
America has proven pretty good
place for women. In Virginia good
many years ago, we are told the plant
ers bought their wives, good, estirna-
BILE women brought from the old coun-
try, for one hundred pounds of tobac-
co each, and an inferior quality of the
weed at that. Inside of two hundred
and fifty years the descendants of
those tebacco-bought wives have bios
somed out into the Old Colonial
Danes
Helen of Troy was a beautiful wom-
an and yet almost her entire time
was taken up in creating dissensions
in the army and with very little evil
dence of patriotism. Dido was a pref
ty woman and yet we are told she was
capricious and coy and (if they had
such things in those days. almost
broke her husband up with her millin-
cry bills. Cleopatra was a woman
Of beauty and influence, and yet, if
the stories told about her are true, it
would almost make convention of
Sunday School superintendent wild
with rage.
There was time within the last
span of centuries when woman left
those old ties and those old trodden
tracks and started out on these new
opportunities, writes Levi P. Goodale
We find on the pages of history the
counterpart for the old historic wom-
en- when we read of those noble wom-
en- who have devoted their lives to the
advancement of the human race. Take
Dido, for instance, and what strik-
ing opposition is there in Lady Hen
ry Somerset, who devoted her whole
life to the amelioration of the human
race. What striking opposition are
the Booths, who gave their lives and
in the slums; between them and Gle
opatra of old. Elizabeth Fry, the
friend of the black man; Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, the sweet-voiced wom-
an; the austere but upright Susan B.
Anthony, and the gifted and genial
Julius Gladdis, three noble women
who devoted their lives and their
money to the betterment of womans
condition, giving them opportunities
both in the workshop and in the
home. To-day there is no page writ
ten on the history of the world that
has not on it the hand of woman,
whether it be in the home or in the
school, whether it be in the church or
in the hospital, whether it be in the
broad land, carrying forth light and
education, or whether it be in the
home of the Japanese mother, who
gives her only child and herself for
the cause of patriotism.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06
Men slaves to Custom.

The women may be the slaves of
fashion. They may waste precious
mental power in an effort to make last
years garments conform to this years
DEGREES. They may go to business
meetings laden with a foolish amount
of luggage. But there is nothing in
all the demands of women's fashions
as memorable as the requirement,
among men, for uncomfortable and I'M
graceful starched shirt fronts and stiff
collars. Men may not be slaves to
fashion, but they do seem to be slaves
to custom.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06
Fruit Tree Horers.

The adult of this insect Is beetle.
II lays eggs, probably mostly in April
ard May, In crevices in the bark OF
suitable trees, usually on the south
west side. The eggs hatch In a few
days, aid the young grubs eat their
way through the bark and burrow in
the wood, sometimes completely grid
ling the tree. By next spring the
grub has grown to full size. 1t then
bores outward nearly through the bark
of the tree, and then undergoes trans
formation into a pupal stage, CORE
spending to the chrysalis OF a butter
fly. After about three weeks In this
condition, the adult beetle energies
from the skin or case of the pupa, cuts
a hole through the bark. and comes
out prepared to do its part in the
work of laying more eggs.
Several methods are used to check
the work Of the borers. The presence
of the borers in the trees may be de-
tected by discolorations of the bark,
by the emulation of sap or gum, or
by the presence of castings beneath
the burrow, In such cases, if the bur
rows be not too deep or too long, the
borers may be killed with a pointed
wire. Otherwise they may be destroy
ed by cutting them out with a knife.
or by pouring kerosene or hot water
into the holes.
The best way to combat the borers
is by preventing the laying of eggs on
the bark of the tree trunks Wrapping
the trunk with newspaper or wrapping
paper Is one OF the easiest and best
methods Of securing this result, and
1t has the advantage that besides keep
ing the female beetles from the bark.
the paper protects the bark from the
Injurious effect of the heat OF the sun.
Paper used for this purpose should
cover the tree trunk completely and
be held in place by Irvine not strong
enough to injure the growing tree.
Soil should be drawn up an inch or
two around the paper at the foot Of
the tree, to prevent the female beetles
from getting inside the paper from
below. and the top of the paper should
be made to fit the bark closely. A
band of cotton lint just inside tie top
of the paper viii serve to keep the fe-
males out from above.
Various washes have been used to
prevent the insects from laying their
eggs on the bark or TO kill the newly
Matched grubs before they make their
way into the bark, but IT is not GER
tain that the use Of these will always
be found profitable.
Even more important than protect
ing the bark of the trees from the
egg-laying female beetles Is the mat
ter of keeping the trees in vigorous
condition by proper cultivation OF the
soil. Grass and weeds should not be
allowed to take the moisture needed
By the trees. After rains the crust OF
the soil should be broken into fms
mulch to reduce the rate Of eyapora-
ton from the soil II Is also recon-
nended that trees be headed low. 50
that the leaves may shade the trunk
from the hot midday sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06

Current statistics show notable in
crease in marriages in France
Berlin has a divorce club with 300
members, all of whom are divorced.
Woman clerks outnumber the man
clerks in the census bureau at Wash
ington.
DR.. Clara M. Moore of Denver has
just been appointed physician of the
woman's department of the state hos
pital for the insane at Pueblo.
How many people know that Miss
Elizabeth Marbury, the pioneer play
broker and Sardou's representative,
once ran poultry farm? She earned
her first dollars from chickens raised
at Oyster Bay.
The woman school teachers through
out the country are looking longingly
toward Colorado, Wyoming and Utah,
as in these states woman teachers re-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06

room, there were two surprises given.
Mrs. Herbert sat opposite to the door,
and as she looked towards them, and
caught the fash Of the familiar jewel
on that white neck, cold rage came over
her, and she stared helplessly for mo-
ment before her face settled into calm,
hard lines of spite. But hers was not the
only surprise, for James Stewart was too
much taken aback by the sight of ghost
to have eyes of appreciation for his sister
in-law's discontinue.
His ghost was not outwardly alarming
in appearance, being small Dresden
in dainty tea-gown of pale blue and pink
tints sat on the opposite side OF the
hearth from Mrs. Herbert.
In that soft pink-shaded light her as
pect was that of a young girl, but even
then a close observer could have seen that
the apple blossom skin had none OF the
freshness of youth, though the pale, fluff
fy yellow hair was evidently abundant
and genuine.
Between the two women tall, ascet1e-
looking parson was standing.
Mrs. HERBERT. occupied III tue tdSh VI
pulling herself together, sat watching the
newcomers approach without speaking
but as they drew near the little group,
malicious light flashed into her pale eyes,
and she began volubly:
''Oh, you must forgive me for not tell
ing you that James would meet old
friends tonight. but l quite forgot to say
that cousin Nellie has been staying with
us for Christmas"
"And you surely wouldn't have the
heart TO turn me OUT came light laugh
from the Dresden China figure on the
sofa, as she stretched out welcoming
hand over which numerous bracelets twin
kled-then with a pretty tremulousness:
"Welcome home again, Jem, and let me
greet your wife as cousin"
(To be contnued.l
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06
HannineSa.

The sum of happiness is made up of
a thousand details. A little kindness
done to one less fortunate gives the
heart beat of pleasure that no MILL
merry or laces or jewels can possibly
inspire.
To overcome prejudice is more sat
isfying than ten-course dinner.
To subdue difficulty and smother a
selfish desire is to become strong and
splendid If life is worth living at all.
it is worth living in state of progress
and improvement.
If we moan and groan, filling the air
with dissatisfaction and gloom, we can
scarcely hope to partake of much con-
tentment.
All you need is good thump on the
back by some cheerful soul who has
faith in you, and promise to yourself
that you will face your work and your
worries cheerfully.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06

ceive the same salaries as do man
teachers.
In Switzerland any woman wearing
a hat with a diameter of more than
eighty centimeters must pay for it
as if it were a bicycle or cart.
1t is estimated by New York
woman shopper that the time lost
each day in one of the large depart
ment stores in waiting for change is
equal to the time of one person for
seventy days.
Nine. Henrietta Ronner, who died
recently in Brussels, aged 80, had most
remarkable eyesight, which she attrib-
uted to the wisdom of her father. He
lost his eyesight when quite young
and so required her to remain an hour
each day at noontime in totally dark
room. She kept up the custom as
long as she lived.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06

and they are living at the rate of
$4,000 year, they know the money is
coming from some illegitimate source.
The woman who helps man to spend
more money than he is honestly max.
ing is accessory before the fact, and is
every whit as guilty as if she put her
hand into the cash drawer of the man
he robs and took out the money her.
self. Women have spent much time in
trying to reform men. Might they not
with advantage turn their attention to
the peculating propensities of their
own sex? 1t Is a disagreeable truth
to hear, but it is fact, nevertheless,
that If there were more honest wom-
en- there would be fewer dishonest
men,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06

A very attractive blouse is this. 1t
may be developed in either linen or
shantung to be worn as part of a
three-piece suit or with coat suit of
Eool 1t fastens at the left side of
the front, and on either side of the
broad center panel are two vertical
tucks with space between for lace or
embroidery. The sleeves are long and
close-ftting and composed of groups
of cross-tucks and embroidery. Across
the front are strips of the insertion
arranged in military effect, and each
terminating at the closing with but
tons covered with the goods. A pleat-
ed ruffle also trims this closing from
neck to waist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-06

The next time baby screams with
collie, instead of dosing it with sooth-
ing syrups or old nurse remedies, such
as catnip tea and other decoctions to
which our grandmothers pinned their
faith, try what hot water slipped from
spoon or taken through bottle will
do to relieve the pain. The water
should be fresh and boiled, but not
boiling. Care must be taken that 1t
is not hot enough to burn the delicate
tongue and gums. This will usually
give relief and can be repeated fire.
quently with no danger to the child