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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
Old Virginia Hospitality.

Virginia hospitality Is byword.
The old-time country house. says Mrs.
Robert A. Pryor in my Day" was
built of elastic material, capable OF
sheltering any number of guests, many
of whom remained all summer. In
deed. this was expected of them.
my dear SIR" said the master Of
Westover to a departing guest, who
had sought shelter from a rainstorm,
my dear sir. do stay and pay us a
visit
The guest pleaded business that for
babe his compliance.
We'll, well" said Major Drewry, "ff
you can't pay us a visit, come for two
or three weeks at least"
Week ends" were unknown in Vir-
ginia, and equally out of the question
an invitation limited by the host to
prescribed days and hours. Some
times a happy guest would ignore time
altogether, and stay along from sea-
son to season. I cannot remember q
parallel case to that Of Isaac Watts,
who, invited by Sir Thomas Abney to
spend night at Stoke Newington, &C
copied with great cheerfulness, and
stayed the rest of his life. nearly
forty years, but 1 do remember that
an invitation for one night brought
to a member of our family a pleasant
couple who remained for years.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
Some English Country Names.

Sussex can produce queer names In
plenty, for example, Replenished Pryor
damsel who dwelt at Heathfeld;
Mr.. Stand-fast-on-high Stringer; Mr.
Ales Cressel and Master Perform-thy-
Vows Seers. The county archives also
yield unusual family names. such as
Pitchfork, Devil, Leper, Juglery, Beat
up. Breathing, Whisky, Wlldgeese and
Lies
Dorset can hold her own tolerably
we'll with villages named Rhyme IN
trinseca and Toller Popcorum; rivers
called Wriggle river and Devils brook:
commons christened Giddy green and
Gods Blessing green. and heights
called Hungry down, Mount Ararat.
Grammars hill and Dancing hill. A
prospective tenant might we'll hest
tate before signing the lease of Wood
en- Cabbage farm, Labor in Vain
farm, Poor Lot farm and Charity bot
tom. even though he should hail from
Kent, which owns two Starvecrow
farms within a ride of each other
London Chronicle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
THIS A MOST UNHAPPY CAT
Everything and Everybody Seemed IN
Conspiracy to Make tho onfor-
tunate Feline Miserable.

'rabuchanezzer was the unhappiest
cat In Christendom, and there was
some reason for it, He felt very much
as if he were imprisoned in wire
cage, just like the fool canary bird
And that bird was part of it. Hav-
ing an acute sense Of hearing, the
song of this feathered nuisance dis
turbed Nebuchanezzer to the bottom
of his being In plain, unvarnished,
up-to-date English, it made him sore.
Time after time he'd tried to get
that bird, but they'd made the cage
strong enough to keep tiger out, and
the last time some one caught him
climbing up, and welted him with a
barrel stave.
Then grandma was so blamed deaf
that 1t was an outrage. NebuchaneZ.
ger ragged about it. She had slam.
med the pantry door on his tail, and
when he remarked bitterly about it
she thought some one was calling her
and left him there
Then underneath the refrigerator
was the incest place to sleep. They
had dishpan put under the refrigera-
tor to catch the dripping ice water,
and In summertime all cat had to
do was to curl right up against it and
sleep in peace.
Then they got careless about the pan,
and one night 1t overfiowed and del
uged him, giving him a bad cold, and
making him SO hoarse he couldn't at
tend the annual concert Of the Noe
turnal Felines' Back-Fence Joy club.
And he had been counting on going.
Nebuchanezzer had other griefs, too.
How was he to know that milk in a
crock on the table was different from
milk in a saucer on the floor? 1t
wasn't right to hit him with a pan
when he made such mistake.
Altogether, Nebuchanezzer was un-
happy He sulked. He loafed about
and got stepped upon, and was gener-
ally so disagreeable that they decided
he needed a tablespoonful of castor
oil. And he got.
But they paid for it, confound them!
Nebuchanezzer bit and scratched, and
the man who had the spoon said things
he ought never have said in the pres
ence of children, and wiped the blood
OF his hand on his best trousers.
But even this didn't make Nebucha-
nezzer happy. He went back in the
gard and lay down under the goose
berry bush and wished he were dead.
But shucks! What's the use of
cat wishing that? If he got his wish,
he'd have to get eight more.-Galve"
ton News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
Interchanoe Of Trees.

In connection with recent demand
of German nurserymen for seeds Of
the Montana larch, to be planted in
Germany, the curious fact is brought
out that while pine seedlings are to
be imported from Germany TO be
planted in the province of Ontario,
Canada. Now the white pine planted
to Europe many years ago, to rein
force the forests there. 1t has four.
ished so we'll in the old world that Il
now appears that the German nur-
serymen are able to deliver white
pine seedlings on this side of the ocean
more cheaply than American nursery
men will furnish them. The inter
change of trees among the various
continents is a most interesting devel-
opment of modern civilization. Be-
sides the white pine, Europe has Ia
ken from us the Douglas fir and the
black walnut, and we have taken the
eucalyptus from Australia and the
Norway spruce and Scotch and Aus
TRAN pine from Europe.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
UNCLE SAM is BUSY AT LAW
Has 72 Cases on Supreme
Court Docket, Many OF Which
Are important.

The United States government VIII
figure very largely in the business be-
fore the Supreme court during the
next term Many of the cases In which
its representatives will appear are OF
general public interest. The court
has about 600 cases on the docket.
In the first 800 the United States has
70. At the last term 1877 cases were
disposed or.
Among them are peonage charge
coming from Florida; the controversy
involving alleged contempts by Sam
uel Gompers and boycotts by the FED
Grafton of Labor; two corporation tax
cases touching the application OF the
law to real estate holding companies;
the reargument Of the Standard vi
and the Tobacco trust issues, and
cases under the Hepburn railway rate
law. in which is brought up the ques-
ton of the liability Of an original car
rier for loss in transit; the Press Pub
fishing company, involving alleged IL
bel of former President Roosevelt, and
the Hipolite Egg company, the last
named being the first to come up 10
the Supreme court under the pure 1000
law.
No time has been set for the rear
gument of the general corporation tax
cases in which the constitutionalily
of the law Is at stake. The court
wants them argued before a full bench.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
An Original Thinker.

A studious person can. by thinking
long enough. find reasons for almost
anything. They will not be necessar-
lily good reasons, but they may be pre-
sentable-like those of the young man
who, in an examination, was asked:
why will not a pin stand on its
point?''
He considered the proposition a
time. arl then answered:
In the first place. point is defined
by Euclid as that which has no parts
and no magnitude. and how can a pin
stand on that which has no parts and
no magnitude!"
In the second place. pin will not
stand on its head, much less, there
fore, will 1t stand on its point
Thirdly and lastly. it will, If you
stick IL in hard enough. "-Pearson's.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
NYE'S NIECE A GREAT WIT
Bright Young Woman Much Sought
After by Members OF Wash
ington Society.

One who is the niece Of a famous
wit is expected to live up to the repu-
tation of the family, as Miss Frances
Nye. the charming young daughter or
Representative Frank Mellen Nye OF
Minneapolis, has found out, for MISS
Nye Is the niece of no less a person
than the late Edgar w, Nye, who as
Bill" Nye kept the whole country
Laughing at his humorous sayings.
u a. wye fully meets all expectations.
for she has a nimble wit OF her own
and the keen sense OF humor which is
inherent in the Nye family. She 10
quite capable Of entertaining a room
full of friends and Is known as one OF
the cleverest girls in Washington so
ciety.
Miss Nye has spent her first grown
up season in the capital and has been
a much invited and feted young per-
son. Among the younger set she is
known as one of the "jolliest" girls In
town. She is bright and enjoys y
wide popularity throughout official
dom She is aiso very accomplished
and cultivated, anu. like most west
ern girls, Is interested N all the lead
ing questions of the day.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
BOYS IN INTENSIVE FARMING
Twelve Thousand Southern Lads
Show How Productiveness of Land
May Be Increased.

More than 10000 southern boys less
cultivated an acre of corn each year
under the direction of the department
of agriculture. Persons interested in
the experiment in Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, South Carolina and Virginia Of
fered to pay the expenses of trip
to Washington for the boy in each
state who raised the greatest amount
of corn on his acre. The winning
boys will soon visit the national cap
ital
The average yield of corn to the
acre in 1909 was little more than
twenty-five bushels. The South Caro-
lima boy, who made the best record,
produced 1921, says Youths Com
panion. If they should be followed ex-
actly the yield of corn to the acre
could easily be doubled in a single
year
Intensive cultivation is worth while
on all crops. The average yield of
potatoes to the acre In 1909 was lot
bushels, but the Maine farmers aver
aged 225 bushels, and some of the
more progressive of them dug 400
bushels to the acre. The yield of corn
and potatoes depends more upon cult
walton and fertilization than upon the
SOIL and there is practically no part
of the United States in which these
crops cannot be raised successfully.
1t is beyond doubt that larger crops
can be produced from ten acres thor
oughly titled than from two or even
three times ten acres cultivated as
they usually are. The fact that the
South Carolina prizewinner raised
more corn on one acre than the aver
age farmer produces from six tells d
story that should not be lost upon
those for whose benefit the expert
ment was made.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05

markable speed with this device and
can have many n good race with his
friends. Another use for it is as a
regular coaster, for gliding down hill.
though as has been seen it can be
pushed up hill and has therefore an
advantage over most coasters, espe-
cially those that depend on snow.
Finally, the device can be used as a
cart, there being an attachment that
serves as a seat. Being of such light
construction. the small boy will find
il much easier to pull his comrades
on this than on the ordinary wagon,
and il is very strongly made so there
is no danger of a breakdown.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05

The former governor was making
his way through the gloom OF tiriz-
cling rain on Pennsylvania avenue,
some few nights since. The glare from
a shop window was on his sturdy fea-
lures. / recognized him instantly, but
as I was in the shadow he could not
see my face when | hurled an invita-
ton to him. Governor | said. come
and have a drink"
He peered in my direction from
under the brim of his broad hat and
then in his soft southern patois enthu-
siastically said: I haven't the vehy
faintest ideah in the wuld who you-all
ah-not the vehy fsfntest ideah, but,
sub. yoh vehy generous invitation
fatally wahms the cookies of nah
ha'ht. Norman E. Mack
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
Not Of the Leisure Class.

Senator Cummins Is not member
of The Sons of Rest" From the time
the Iowa senator landed In Washing
ton as the successor of Senator ALI
son he has kept right on the job all
the time. He has found very little
time for anything outside of his sena-
torial duties, which have included a
great deal OF national work Many
senators have only local interests, but.
Iowa Is taking hold of national affairs
and both senators have been busy
with them. BY getting on the inter
state commerce committee Senator
Cummins had an extra amount OF
work on account of the railroad bin
which occupied so much of the time OF
the senate.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
SQUIRRELS In Capitol Grounds.

There are lots of squirrels in the
capitol grounds in Washington and
the pretty little things have lost their
fear Of their natural enemy, man, be-
cause, of course, they are protected
from destruction as far as man-made
rules will do this. The children in the
parks play with them very gently and
not infrequently these small creatures
in their search for something to eat
will run up a mans trousers leg and
then there is a circus, but one of them
broke into the United States capitol
the other day. He got in on the SEN
ate side into the marble room and
perched himself on the weather in
struments which are handled by Mr..
Jones. What that small creature did
TO the set OF astronomical instruments
was a plenty. He was finally chased
out, running down the elevator shaft
all by himself
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
FINGERS AND FORKS.

You must not use YOUR fingers. dear.
A fork will do instead"
Mamma looked down upon her son,
And gravely shook her head.
1t is not nice for little boys
To use their hands that way.
I'm sure. to hold a knife and fork
You learned the other day"
But why?" asked Jacky. little rogue;
His eyes aglow with fun.
He glanced from mothers earnest face
To breakfast just begun.
I'm sure in ev'rybodv's mouth.
This silver fork you've seen.
My fingers only go In mine,
And LEY are nlce and clean"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05

The rather queer item, "one dog col
lar and lead" was the subject of an
appropriation by congress just before
adjournment. The amount involved
was 60 cents.
The explanation of the item appears
in the annual report of the United
States capitol police department. The
zone dog collar and lead" It appears,
is the sole equipment OF the dog
pound at the capitol.
Under the statutory laws which APP
ply to the big white building on the
hill and it's picturesque grounds 1t is
unlawful for dogs or cats to trespass
upon the reservation unless accom-
panied by their owners. Hence the
capitol policemen are required to i'm
pound every such animal found upon
the grounds.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
WashIncton's "Rubber-Neck" WAGONS

Get on one of these rubber-neck
wagons" said Senator Piles of Wash
ington to one of his constituents who
had come to see the national capital.
That is. II you want to see the sights
about Washington, there is nothing
like rubber-neck wagon for getting
about the city and learning what 1t all
means. If you want to see the capitol
building | will put you In the hands
of guide who will show it to you"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
UNCLE SAM BALkS AT A BILL
Refuses to Pay for 81 Pair Of Gloves
For Secretary knox's
Coachman.

A 81 pair of driving gloves for the
coachman Of the secretary of state
ran the gamut of official scrutiny and
finally was decreed not a proper ex-
pense for Uncle Sam to defray. This
means that hereafter the man who
handles the ribbons on Secretary
Knox's thoroughbreds or sits on the
box alongside the driver must buy his
own clothes, get the secretary of state
to pay for them out of his own pocket;
or go without. The comptroller of
the treasury, the court of last resort
In such matters, disallowed the "a.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
Work Of Women Rroadens.

Statistics show that in 1909 the per-
centage of women in the civil serv-
ice was "a. and that this year II is
about Is. The handbook OF the In
dustrial Union of Boston shows that
women have shown themselves spe-
cially fitted for probation work and in
management Of reformatories for WON
en- and girls In the playground and
social service there is a demand for
women and ais" in HOSPITALS
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05

! - .
probability of any such thing being
done on a commercial scale is so very
remote as to hardly warrant discus
sion.
In a general talk on the subject
Prof. F. w. Clarke Of the geological
survey, said:
Nobody can say positively that any
development in chemistry is absolute
ly out of the question, but it is very
safe to say that any revolutionary de-
velopment is most unlikely. A revo-
lutionary development by an amateur
is even more unlikely. All we can say
is that we have not even had an in
telligent statement yet of what Dr.
LANCE claims to have accomplished,
and we have absolutely no details on
which to base a judgment.
"Transmutation has been sought as
far back as we have any records.
Paracelsus was comparatively modern.
1t goes back even to Babylonia and
Assyria. The old alchemists were not
80 unreasonable as might be thought
view of chemical knowledge or lack
of knowledge at that time. The;
argued that it was possible to turn
wood into charcoal, and therefore that
It ought to be possible to turn one
metal into some other.
THE work OF Ramsay in England Is
different, of course, but that is N the
line Of transmutation. He has man
aged to turn radium into helium. He
has published his methods and have
seen his work. But there Is big gulf
between a laboratory experiment deal
ing with a ten-thousandth of a grain
and making any commercial use of
the same thing. Ramsay's work has
all been in the line of degradation, Of
reducing a material of higher atomic
weight to that of lower.
But, as l say, laboratory work and
commercial work are very different.
It is true that artificial diamonds have
been made in France. They were true
diamonds, but they were too small to
be of any use. They cost more to
make also than natural diamonds cest
to find. Some man may come along
in time and improve the process, and
1t may be possible then to manufac
ture diamonds to compete with the
natural ones.
There is a great deal of self-decep-
ton about such work also. Nearly all
lead contains trace of silver, and
much of the commercial copper a
trace of gold. BY modern methods
this gold is extracted and 1t some
times pays the expense Of refining the
copper. Many Of the old alchemists
found the precious metals in this way
and thought they actually had made
the rarer metal out of the baser.
"Of course, there has been a great
amount Of trickery in such work. 1t
is easy enough to put an amount OF
gold or silver into a crucible and
then claim to have made 1t. You can
claim almost anything that 1t would
be hard to disprove and impossible to
prove. ] can claim that there is a
vein of gold carrying $1,000 ton un-
der the base of the Washington monu-
ment, but it would hardly pay to dig
for 1t. If DR.. LANCE has done anything
it will be time enough to discuss 1t
when we have his method of opera
ton in detail"
There is no record in the treasury
OF DR.. LANCE having passed any ma
terial through the mint.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
Durable Bubbles.

To make bubbles that can be blown
mig and will last take piece of pure
white soap about the size of a walnut
and cut ii up in a cupful of warm wa
ter. Then add teaspoonful of glycer
inc. Stir we'll and bow from a small
nine. Strawberry juice will make pink
d, h5,es. and orange juice viii male
A~..ow ores
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
NOVEL COASTER FOR YOUTHS
Heathful Device Can Be Used as
Racer. Cart, or to Glide Merrily
Down Any Hill.

An entertaining and healthful de-
vice for children has been invented by
an Ohio man. 1t consists of triangu-
lar base portion with two weels in
back and a steering wheel in front.
From the steering wheel a handle
rises high enough to be within COM
Portable reach of person standing on
the footboard in the rear. With one
foot on this board and pushing with
the other foot, a boy can attain a re-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05

quite small, but large enough to an
swer all purposes and are controlled
from the handle bar. This improve
tment will make the motorcycle avail
able to many who otherwise are
afraid to make use of it, on account
of the necessity of maintaining a
rather high rate of speed in order to
keep the machine in an upright posi-
ton.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05

The rules are very, very strict
In Bugtown, SO they say;
And so it's very hard to battle
Upon a summers day.
For instance, on a pitcher
OF lukewarm milk a crowd
OF bugs once spied this warning:
mo Bathing Is Allowed"
One bug, who was more daring
Than all the rest exclaimed:
'1'll show you that I'm not afraid.
And make you all ashamed"
So he put on his bathing suit,
And took a little dive
The bugs who were less daring
Are even now alive
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05

thrown lulO oAJ
fever of excitement
over the reported
transmutation OF
the baser metals
into gold and sill
yer by F. w. LANCE
of Scranton. The
attitude of all OF
them is that al
t h ugh in the
light of present
chemical develop
ment such a thing
is not absolutely
| m os S / b | e, the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-05
TO AWAIT DETAILS
WASHINGTON SCIENTISTS DON
ACCEPT DIR. LANoE's CLAIMS.
Making Precious Metals-Prof. =. W.
Clarke of the Geological Survey
Discusses Efforts OF Alone
mists In Transmutation.

Scientists In
ingly are not =
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-16
NEW CLUB OPENED
GERMAN AMERICAN CLUE HOSTS
TO MANY PEOPLE LAST
NIGHT.

The Gcrmal-AmericaA chs, Bru1E-
wick's rev social o. ganizaciol, was
opcLld .a.t Light ..Ld the officers and
members Of the club were hosts to Il
large number Of citizens during the
evening.
The clul rooms are located in tie
second story of the brick building on
Jekyl square, and they are hand
scmely and comfortably fitted, with
pretty furniture, etc. The building
has teen entirely overhauled and re =
paired and well answers tn buYp, Sc
for which it is now used.
Among the members of the new or,
ganization are some of the best
known business men of the City, and
the new club promises to be very pop
Jlar
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-16

S. X. Brown and z. c.. Butts have re-
up the A, B. & A.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-16
2cWARD's TRAINED ANIMAL
SHOW TO VISIT THE CITY

r. z. Parscn, representing the How
ard trained animal show, is in tie
city. making arrangements for q visit
OF this attraction to Brunswick on
Tuesday, April ;.
The Howard show has the re@uta-
ton CT being one of the best-trained
animal attractions on the road, and,
IS Brunswick has not he'd circus or
trained animal show # any kind this
season. it is expected that the show
will e we'll Datronized.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-16
cHRlsTzN -uITY OF ST. LOUIS
Second of TWO Big Ba,tleships Built
in Newport News.

Newport News, Va, March 15-The
second of the two biz steamships
built at the local yards for the pas
sen3er trade Of the Ocean Steamship
company, of Savannah, was given her
initial dip today and formally chris
tened the City Of st. Louis. Her sis
ter ship, the City CT Montgomery was
launched on February 20.
They are spacious vessels of 6,200
tens each, length 404 feet and beam
CT nearly fifty feet. Accommodations
are provided for 1856 first class, 20 in
termediate and 81 storage rassen
gers.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-16

Thos. S. Warrick, cf Savannah, was
day.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-16

WA. Todd OF Atlanta, is in the Gil
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-03-16

J. G. Avant. of Columbus, is in Il
City on short visit.