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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
LIFTING CATS AND RABBITS
Mistake to Lift Animal by Nape OF
Neck Without Supporting Lower
Part of Body.

It is mistaken idea that the proper
way to lift a full-grOwn cat is by the
name of its neck without suppOrtirs
the lower part of its body with the
other hand. says Watchword. 1t is
true that the mother cat carries young
kittens by grasping in her mouth the
loose skin at the back of her of.
springs neck. but a tiny kitten is a
very different matter from large cat
and. indeed, the only way to lift a
kitten without squeezing or hurting
its soft little body is to lift it by its
neck; but after it has grown larger its
own weight is too great TO be support
ed by such a bit of skin and fur as is
so grasped by the hand, and many s
cat suffers perfect fortunes by beins
held in this manner, and is quite help
less to run or struggle, as in such 4
position certain of its muscles cannot
he controlled, and it is absolutely al
the mercy of its unconscious former.
tor.
The same rule should be observe
in lifting rabbits by their ears. Thee
should always be partially support g !
nv the free hand and not allowed e
dangle with their whole weight stra It,
ing from their large but. necessar Us
delicate ears.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
SHERMAN A GREAT BALL FAN
Vice-Presdent Lets Statesmen Wait
While He Chats With
Ty Cobb.

Vice-President Sherman can hold
I'D all the dignity of his office and
then some. But just the same, he is
a baseball fan from away back. A few
DAYS before congress adjourned, Ty
Cobb, Detroit's famous right fielder,
entered the ce-president's room
in Washington, with Secretary Ben
nett Mr.. Bennett stopped with the
baseball player a few feet from the
vice-president, and started to intro
duce him to some friends. The vice
president overheard the Introduction,
and breaking off his conversation with
the senators, turned quickly and hur-
ried toward Mr. Bennett.
Whats that" asked VicePresident
Sherman. Did / hear you say Ty
Cobb? | don't want to miss anything
like this"
Secretary Bennett introduced the
baseball player, and Ty cOmplimented
the vice-president on his good taste in
being such an enthusiastic baseball
rOoter.
Il am going out to the game this aft
ernoon," said the vice-president, and
I want to see you knock the ball out
of the lot
You look much bigger in uniform
than you do now" added Mr.. Sherman
edging off and sizing up Ty from his
heels to his head.
BY this time Senators Clay. Bacon,
D,,roou and others had hpeun TO won
der who the brorzed individual was
that the vice-president was SO inter
ested in. They soon found out, and
shook Tvs hand The Detroit player
had luncheon in the Senate restaurant
and was the center of attraction.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
LAW ON LARD SUBSTITUTE
Washington Holds Compound Covered
by Meat Statute and Must Be
Inspected.

Secretary Wilson's meat inspectors
will continue to inspect lard substitute,
and not a pound of that article can go
into interstate or foreign commerce
unless it bears the mark u. S. In
spected and Passed"
This is the gist Of an opinion rem
dered by Judge Fowler, who was act
ing attorney general during the alb
sence in Alaska of Mr.. Wickersham.
The opinion declares that lard sub
stitute, which is a cooking compound
made up of one-fifth animal fat and
four-ffths cotton-seed oil, is fairly
within the definition of meat food
product and must be inspected.
This opinion confirms the construc-
ton placed on the meat inspection
law" said Acting Secretary of State
Hays. I'VE have inspected lard sub
stitute ever since the law was passed
and never had any doubt about the
matter. But some manufacturers
thought inspection of their product
was not required"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
UNIQUE GAME WITH LETTERS
Each PLAYER Is Given a Vowel and
Five Minutes to Write Sentence
Longest Wins.

Now" said Charlie, when every
body was gathered around the table,
lets play the vowel game father told
us he used to play when he was a
boy"
How do you play it?" asked every
one at once.
It's very easy" replied Charlie,
distributing pencils and paper impair
TALLY among the family group. you
take the five regular novels, a, e, j, o
u, and, beginning with the first let
ter, each player writes as long a sen
tence as he can, using no vowel eX
cept "a in any word, but repeating
that letter as often as he wishes"
Il don't quite understand" sale
Cousin Lucy. please give us an eX
ample"
You'll have to give me a few min
utes grace, then" laughed Charlie
taking his pencil and paper. Sup
pose | take "a He wrote Industrious
ly a few minutes and then read the
result aloud:
"Ah, madam, Frank Farms, a tall,
tasty, black man at Panama, has a
cat that can catch all bad ants and
bats at Nathan's pantry and barn"
'Bravo!" cried uncles and aunts
and cousins, as Charlie finished read,
ing the queer sentence.
You see," continued Charlie, you
may give the players five minutes, or
any time you agree on beforehand, tC
make up the sentence. When the
time is up, the sentences are read and
the one having the longest sentence
of good, plain, commonplace English
has gained the first point. You go on
this way for each of the five vowels,
and when all the sentences are read
and compared, the person who has
gained the most points wins the
game"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
OUR MEAT BUSINESS SHRINKS
Government Bureau Points to a
Marked Falling Off in Foreign
and Domestic Trade.

Considerable shrinkage in the COM
mercial supply of some of the prime
necessaries of life is indicated by the
movements of live stock and meat
products in the United States during
the first half Of the present year.
This decline was shown both in do
nestle and in foreign commerce.
According to figures prepared by
the Washington bureau of statistics,
the shortage in the commercial supply
of live stock is best shown by COM
parisOn of the half-yearly figures,
which tOtaled 16,463, 756 head for the
first six months of 1910, as compared
with more than 20,000,000 in same
period last year and nearly 21,000,00O
for the corresponding period of 1908.
This loss is due almost entirely, it
is reported, to the smaller number of
hogs brought to market, the shortage
in them thus far this year being
about 25 per cent The curtailment in
the commercial supply of cattle SO far
this year has been six per cent. less
than normal, while the receipts Of
sheep at the seven leading markets
shows a decline of II per cent. The
decline in the supply of sheep began
after 1906, that of cattle after 1907
and that of hogs after 1908.
Instances of the heavy losses in ex-
port trade are shown by the fact that.
while more than 200,000,000 pounds
of fresh beef were sent out of the
country in the fiscal year 1908, only
100000 pounds were sent during
the fiscal year just closed; that the
shipments of bacon dropped from 241,-
100000 pounds in 1908 to 152,000,000
pounds this year; of hams and Shout
ders from 221, 0OO,O 900 pounds in 1908
to 146,0O0,000 pounds in 1910 and Of
lard from more than G00,0O0,000
pounds in 1908 to 1862 100000 pounds
in 1910.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
Plan Of Pit.

Upon one occasion he caused six
prisoners to be placed in these pits.
three of them dressed in red in the
pits numbered 1 5, and three more
dressed in yellow in the pits num-
bered 10, II, IL. The Sultan COM
manded his vizier to provide each Of
these prisoners, who were complete
strangers to one another with a rifle
and five cartridges, and to inform
them separately that any of them
who could escape alive under the fol
lowing conditions should be set free
and returned to his own country:
The three dressed in red were to
exchange places with the three dress
ed in yellow. but only one man was to
move at a time, upon a given signal,
bell for the red and whistle for
the yellow Each man could move
only from the pit in which he stood
to another pit that he could see in a
direct line with his own, the passage
from one pit to another being always
a direct line through the dark.
AS each pit commanded a view of
TWO OJuCIS, each lldu WIS lOiu JudI IL
he saw another man dressed in a dit
ferent color from himself standing in
any pit he should fire upon him at
once and kill him or the man whom he
saw would in turn shoot at him. If
any survived and got to the other side
of the maze they would be set free.
This plan having been explained to
the prisoners before the day set for
the experiment and each of them hav-
ing been provided with a plan of the
maze it appears that one of them had
studied out a plan by which they
might all escape with their lives, and
when they were placed in the pits,
the tops of which were open to the
sky, he called to the others in his own
language and was delighted to find
that they all understood him, where
upon he explained his plan and gave
the word Of command to each man as
to the direction he should take In
% moves they had safely changed
places. no red man having ever seen
a yellow man and no two men having
ever been in the same pit at the same
time.
How was this accomplished?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
Our Embassy at constantinopIe.

Constantinople is the only place
where the United States government
owns a suitable embassy, and that Is
matter of congratulation, although
i Is due to necessity and not to the
generosity of congress. 1t is abso-
ntelv impossible to rent a house
tbere simply because there are no
houses to rent, and Mr.. Leishmann.
the nrevious ambassador, like his pre-
docessors. was compelled to live in
hotel or take a suit Of rooms in
an apartment somewhere for the bust
ness of the embassy. Finally this I'M
5ignified situation was impressed
mon congress to a sufficient degree
to secure an appropriation OF $780,
600 10 purchase a stone mansion, next
door 10 the principal hotel, which was
erected many years ago by an Ital-
,an merchant and offered for sale by
his widow at a great sacrifice.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
CHIEF ARTICLES OF EXPORT
Decrease Is Shown in Corn,
Wheat, Flour and Meats.

Cotton, copper, Illuminating oil.
Vheat-these articles in the order
named, formed the most important ar
tlcles exported from the United States
during the last fiscal year. The value
or the cotton exported was $45O,OOO,-
100; OF the copper, $S3, 100000; of the
Illuminating oil, 100000, and of the
wheat, $47,000,00O Other articles of
export ranked in value as follows:
Flour, lard, tobacco, lumber, leather,
corn, bituminOus coal and lubricating
OIL
In nearly all of the articles of ma
tural production there was marked
decline in the exports of 1910, as COM
pared with previous years. while in
certain manufactures the figures for
the year are larged than for any pre-
vlous year and the total for all manu-
tactures probably will exceed that Of
any earlier year The bureau Of Stats
tics, which has given out these figures,
has not yet completed the total value
OF the manufactures exported.
The falling off is most marked in
corn, wheat, -four and meats; wheat
falling from $161, OOO,O 900 in 1892. the
high year, to $47,OOOOOO in 1910; corn
from $S5,000OOO in 1900 to $25,50O,-
600 in 1910; -four from $75,OOO,O0O in
1898 to $46,5OO,OOO in 1910; lard from
$50 100000 in 1906 to $43,OOO,O00 in
1910; bacon from $46OOO,OOO in 1898
to SIS 100000 in 1910; fresh beef from
$32 100000 in 1901 to $7,75O,OOO in
1910, and cattle from $42,OO0,00O in
1904 to $12,0OO00O last year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23

How nicely little Cecil sits
And eats his Cake in careful Bits
Warning. John to you,
Whose Mouth is filled with Beef and
Egg,
The Remnants Of a Turkeys Leg,
And half a dumping, too.
1t really makes me feel quite hurt
To sec the Way that you insert
Your Fingers in the Dish;
Such MOuthfuls, too. have ceased TO be
Since Prophet Jonah MarV'lousiy
Was swallowed by the Fish.
Pray from the Joint remove your Fist,
And do not stubbOrnly persist
Good manners to offend.
Some Day you'll choke upon Slice,
Or suffOCate from too much rice,
And that will be your End.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23

the government scheme will be lml-
tated by the banks, which will find 1t
cheaper to do their own washing than
to pay express charges on money to
and from the Washington laundry.
The cost of installing a money wash
ing plant is not expected to exceed
from $500 to $500 in most cases. The
government is planning to give the
bankers the benefit of what it learns
from it's own experiment. The whole
process is quite simple. According
to Moody's Magazine it has been
found that the best medium for
cleansing, the bills is soapsuds made
from almost any good grade of pot
ash soap.
Following a vigorous churning in
soapy water and bleaching the bills
are rinsed in warm water. One stage
where care must be exercised is In
the bleaching operation, and it is
not yet determined just what in
gradients in a bleaching powder give
fullest assurance Of inflicting no in
jury to the bills. All the bills of low
er denomination have been found to
launder satisfactorily, but the ink en-
ployed in the printing of some of the
bills of high value shows a tendency
to run when washed. However there
is little need for laundering these
longer lived bills.
After the washed bills are dried
by artificial heat they are put through
sizing machine, which by means of
bath of alum and glue restores the
finish of the paper. Finally the bills
are packed between large sheets OF
cardboard and run through a press,
which in addition to the application
of great weight imparts peculiar
elongating motion to each package,
with the result that the rejuvenated
bills emerge with all the crisp ap-
pearance and body of newly manu-
featured currency.
1t has been suggested that the laun-
dering include d sterilization of the
money either in conjunction with or
Immediately following the washing of
the bills, but the officials have not yet
decided whether or not there is neces-
sity for such chemical publication.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
Discard Pension Papers.

The Washington pension Office is
house cleaning Ninety picked clerks,
who are supposed to know the value
Of records, have been engaged in the
stupendous task of sorting out and de-
stroying all correspondence and rec
ords that can never be of any further
use in the adjudication of pension
claims. 1t is estimated that the total
will amount to at least 200 tons. For
this paper mill contractors pay APP
proximately six dollars ton. The
records go back as far as 1862. but
some of them are of recent date.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
Preachers Are Poorest Paid.

Census bureau figures given out at
Washington show that preachers are
the poorest paid class of men in the
country. The average pay of the cler-
gvman is estimated at 1868 per annum.
CITY preachers geL much higher wages
than those in charge of rural flocks,
axcept in Catholic churches. The aver
age salary Of the Unitarian. which is
the highest average salary paid any
denomination, is about 1858 per an
mum.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
Here's 4 Riddle,

He went to the woods and cargir
n. he sat him down and sought T.;
because he could not find ii, fon,I
with him he brought it,
Answer-A thorn. He went 10 Il {
woods and got a thorn in his foe
Then he sat down and tried to get II
ont and because he could not find /,
he had TO take il home
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
A TRIP BEGUN is HALF DONE.

Willie Jennie, Mary, Joe,
Decided they would take a row
From Boston down to Tokyo.
Until up spoke the River Man:
Il really do not think you can.
For Tokyo is in Japan"
But. why they asked in great dismay,
Gould we not go a little way,
And start again some other day?"
What happened then, I DO not know,
But that was yesterday, and so
They must have gone to Tokyo.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
How was this accomplished?
MOTORCYCLE SIREN WHISTLE
Powerful Alarm Device, TO Be Placed
on Front Fork of Machine,
Is on Market.

A powerful siren whistle, designed
for attachment to the front fork of
motorcycle, just above the rim of the
wheel. has been placed on the market,
says Popular Mechanics. Attached in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
Rose Guess.

Any one can play this simple game.
Take a full-blown rose, hold it up
where all can see. then let them write
en- slips of paper how many petals
they think are in the rose. The pc
tails are then counted and the nearest
right receives a prize.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
SULTAN'S PIT GAME is NOVEL
Prisoners Placed in Labyrinth and
Offered Freedom Under Unique
Conditions

A certain Sultan who was fond Of
all manner of intricate puzzles used to
amuse himself by testing the in
genuity and resource of his prisoners
Of war. Among other buildings about
his palace he had a peculiar maze.
which consisted of u pits. open to
the sky above and connected by a
series of underground passages, which
were quite dark
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
A Good Idea.

Said Janey: Il look volumes
And why. III tell 10 YOU.
! don't know how to read. so that's
1'he best that l can do"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
Powerful Siren Whistle.

this way the bell of the whistle points
in the exact direction that the front
wheel of the machine is taking.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23
WASHING THE MONEY
LAUNDRY RUN BY THE GOVERN
MENT PROVES SUCCESSFUL.
Opinion Seems to Prevail That the
Banks Throughout the Country
Will Also Adopt This Plan OF
Cleaning Their Currency.

Uncle Sans money
washing soiled paper
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-09-23

ldunQTy IOI
currency has
been the sub
ject of much
com m e n t .
The general
opinion seems
tn he that
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1910-06-11

June in each yea, five Of WHOM
shall constitute a quorum Tor the
transaction Of any ana all bust
ness: and said directors shall
hold office tor one year or IN
til their Successors shall have
been elected and qualified. All
elections shall be conducted unde
the supervision .! tAree stock
holders, who are not directors.
appointed by the GARD Of Direct
ors for that purpose, and in case
Of any one OF said commissioners
of Election declining or failing to
act the President shall appoint
another stakeholder to fill his
place, the persons receiving the
highest number Of votes shall be
|declared elected.
1.-The said Board Of Directors
shall eject from their number a
President and four Vice-Presi-
dents, to be known as LIST, End
Bird and 18th Vice-President res
pectively. They shall also elect
all other officers OF the Bank
and fix their salaries. All vacan-
cies occurring in the Board of Di-
rectors shall be filled by the
Board. Previous notice of at
least 10 days shall be given Of
each Annual Election by written
notice, or by publication N a
newspaper published in t. town
Of Houma, La. and in e., Of no
election on the day fixed, the
President of the Board of Direct
ors shall cause an election to be
held as soon as possible. A fail
ure to elect a Board Of Directors
shall not forfeit the Charter but
the Directors then in office shall
remain until their successors have
been elected and qualified.
1.-The Board Of Directors in Of
flee when this amendment be
comes effective shall elect from
the stockholders the additional
members to complete the full
membership Of the Board and
shall also elect the several Vive-
Presidents as herein provided for,
who shall hold office until the
second Thursday Of June 1911, at
which time the first election I'M
der this article shall be held by
the stockholders Of this corpora
ton
This notice issues by virtue Of
a resolution adopted by the Boar
Of Directors of THE PEOPLES
BANK at a meeting held at it's
banking house in the town of
Houma, La, on the Both day of
April A. d., 1910.
G. MONTEGUT,
Cashier.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1910-06-11
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
Goth Judicial District Court
PARISH OF TERREBONNE
p. w. Kerwin vs.. No. 6983
James Howard.

By virtue Of and in obedience
to a Writ Of Seizure and Sale
emanating from the above named
Court in the above en-,
titled and numbered suit and
to me directed, same being
Of date May 7th, 1910, I, A. W.
Connely, Sheriff, duly sworn and
qualified in and for the Parish
Of Terrebonne, State Of Louisi.
ana, have seized and taken into
my possession and will offer for
sale at public auction to the last
and highest bidder at the front
door Of the Court House in the
town Of Houma, La, on
Saturday the End day Of July,
A. D. 1910,
between the hours Of IL o'clock
A. M. and 4 O'Clock P. NJ, the
following described property, to.
witt
"a certain lot Of ground, stu.
ated in the Parish Of Terrebonne
just west Of the town of Houma,
in Scots Subdivision, on the
left descending bank of the Bay.
GU T%errebonne, measuring sixty
feet front on Scott Street by sc
feet deep, more or less; designat.
ed on a plan Of subdivision made
by c. W. Bocage, Surveyor, on
file and OF record in my office, al
Lot No. IL; bounded East by
Scott Street, west by property OF
Malvina Wallace, north by lot OF
Squire Wolf and south by Lot
No. IL on said plan; together
with all the buildings and i'm
provements thereon
Terms: Cash in United States
Currency.
A. w. CONNELY,
Sheriff Of Terrebonne
Houma, La, May %, 1910.
Butler & Bourg, Attorneys.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1910-06-11
SHERIFF'S TAX NOTICE TO
UNKNOWN

Notice to unknown owners OF
1mmovable Property in the Par.
ish OF. Terrebonne on which taxes
for the year 1909 are delinquent
and unpaid.
The property, belonging to the
following named parties, I'M
known and INDICATED, is -advef-
tised for sale for delinquent Tax
es for the year 1909. sale to be
made,
Saturday the 18th day of June,
A. y. 1910.
as follows, to-wit:
No.
$40 Lee Johnson, Jr.
947 Mrs. Mile Jackson,
S55 Plato Harvey,
25O6 MYRTLE ..uthemant,
2537 Aurelian Boudreaux,
2551 Joichin Brown,
2638 Joseph Duplantis,
1852 Nelson Brown,
1856 Josephine Vance,
1647 Mrs. Hannah Stewart,
1859 Mrs. Ruth Wilson,
1895 Isaac Stewart and Ben Stew
art,
1871 Pierre Raymond,
1866 Clay Porche,
1906 .JnO. Aldridge. .Jr.,
1908 j. b. Arteig,
1913 Joseph Allen,
AL Isaac Beloni,
1875 Mrs. Marie Bpudreau2,
$50 Mrs. Sylvia ByerS,
1893 Mrs. Maria Henderson,
1906 Felix Navarro,
1867 Mrs. Fannie Outley,
107l VIM. Pinckney,
1883 ASS. Pemberton,
1868 Mrs. Emily Leblanc,
1928 Mrs. Priscilla John 81,
1866 Eloie Daigle,
1925 Mrs. Nora Crochet,
1414 Thos. 0. Cross,
1854 Mrs. Sarah IOupS,
1876 James Inomas,
1871 James Toney,
164S James Stewart,
1919 Dan Stewart,
1929 Ellis LeBouet,
1884 Mrs. Susan Scott,
1865 Henry Poindexter, .
1917 Louis Collins and Mrs. Zul-
ma Boudreaux,
1904 Atchafalaya Bay 4 Channel
Co.,
1869 Grandson Jones,
1887 VIM. Rollins,
1892 Loula and Laura Moore,
1919 Marshall Parker,
1923 Daniel White,
1858 Est. Nathan Alexander
14O7 Milton Brooks,
For further particulars and
data in full see advertisement OF
delinquent tax payers.
A. w. Connely,
Sheriff and Tax Collector.