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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

saddle tc traverse the SO miles inter
venfng The mud holes would often
submerge wagon wheels entirely, and
at one spot mule would have been
lost had not some one held its nose
above water by a chain. Broken
wagons Uttered the roadside for a
great part OF the distance.
In casual conversation after arrival
touched delicately on the question
of local slaughter statistics and
learned that owing to the spread OF
civilization, probably advancing with
the new railroad, the record was
hardly up to the average, there hav-
ing been but seven "killin's" since
January l, not counting 'niggers," Of
course.
My Informant said that these sever
cid not include recent affair at a
nearby creek in which a slight dis
pute arose over school board politics,
Il citizen there having killed two of
his neighbors and seriously wounded
/ three others. He CONSIDERABLY tele-
phOned the sheriff at Harlan, saying
I that he would he up in a few days,
saying further that his wife was
quite "cut up" about it. The case
was settled out OF court, as the
. friends of the deceased lay in ambush
for the killeH and got him in the back.
The latest catastrophe in Harlan
Center was based upon a dispute re-
G&rding a baseball game, the jaiIer
, from the court house across the way
having interfered to prevent antici,
patcd trouble. There were so many
shots fired that nobody knew just who
did fire the fatal shot.
stopped for dinner at country
physicians home on my way back,
tracteC that morning. He referred
to curious recent case where two
! egrOes at the railroad camp came to
an alteration over card game, in
which one inserted a knife at the
hack of the others neck, bringing it
around to the Adams apple. just miss
ing the jugular vein. The assaulted
party then proceeded to cut the of
fender in Is places. after which he
went 10 sleep. The physician, arriv
ing an hour or so later, sewed them
10th ur in hurry to prevent their
bleeding to death, without stopping
for biChloride The negro with the
partially severed neck asserted thai
be had been cut 25 times before, bur
never quite so badly. He announced
that he had cut over 40 men himself
He applied for work the next day. but
the doytor told him ne had better let
the stitches hold a bit longer Both
men We're back ut work on the third
day.
l found that the bosses at the rail!
road camps have TO kill cocaine
crazed negroes quite frequently, but
the courts take no notice. I heard it
said that 4 man could take $50 worth
CT cocaine to camu and easily get
$500 for it,
Harlan is certainly booming. 4
corner lot was priced at $4,000 anc
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

New York July I0.-On his arrival
in New York on board the Teutonic,
of the White Star line, Mr.. William
A. Clark, one time senator from Mon
tana, said that reports from Washing
ton that he planned to enter con-
test for the senate against Thomas
H. Carter of Montana, were without
foundation.
With Mr.. Clark were Mrs. Clark
end their two children, Andree, seven
years old, and Hugette, four years
old. Neither of the children speaks
English. Hugette has never before
been in this country. Mr.. Clark will
take his family to Butte, Mont, for
the summer, and expects to open next
fall his new home in Fifth avenue,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15
a Babv Samson.

This town has marvel of baby
hood in Thomas H. Bates, Jr., aged
10 months and weighing % pounds
Young Bates has shown phenom
email strength. He delights in swing
ing from a trapeze, but his greatest
feat is lifting two fiatirons, weighing
10 pounds, hung upon an iron bar.
His father, though not known as
a strong man, encourages the baby
in weight lifting.-Pembroke Center
(MaSS.) Cor New York World.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15
HIS BELOVED WIVES.
Useful Tombstones in the Front Yard
of a North Carolina Home.

of North Carolina Home.
| New York Sun.-"Ever hear of
! Bucklesberry said man from
| North Carolina the other day. well,
! it is a district in LlnOir County about
| 20 miles from GoldSbOro. Twenty
years ago it used to abound in curious
| characters.
Almost everybody in the neigh5Or-
| hood was named Sutton. At the time
of which | speak about the most repre-
sentative citizen of the community
was Ben Sutton. Ben had one OF
| the incest, neateSt little One-StOry
houses you ever saw, and when one
! day | met him on the road and was
invited to partake of his hospitality
at midday l accepted with alacrity.
I'VE entered the house from the
rear and almost Immediately sat down
at table that literally groamed under
the weight of ham and sweet potatoes
| cOllards, corn pone, turnips and hue
| kleberry pie Ben'S hospitality made
him see that | got away with the
whole of an enormous second helping.
Il strolled out upon the front porch
after the meal and to my horror there
stood in the yard, just in front OF the
| house, a row of four handsome tomb
stones, each with a grave attached.
My host had fingered inside, SO | went
out and inspected the stones. One
bore the in cription, TO my beloved
wife, Annie The second was TO
my beloved wife, Kate The third
read, To my beloved wife, Maggie,
and the fourth, To my beloved wife,
jennie "'GOod heavens, have 1
struck a Bluebeard?" | exclaimed.
Then l looked at the dates of de-
cease. They We're from two to five
years apart | turned around, ana
there was the present Mrs. Sutton
looking at me with a smile on her
lace
Lock pretty, don't they?' she said
You see. Ben likes to sit out here on
the porch and look at the tombstoneS
and tells me what good wife Annie
OF Kate or Maggie or Jennie was to
him. 1t doesn't hurt me, and he gets
los Of fun out Of it.
" But YOU can bet your sweet life
there is no place there for M. IN The
first place | made him promise NE be-
fore we were married that he wouldn't
put me there if I died before him. In
| The second place. l mean to outb,ye
him. You .. Ben looks pretty husky,
but he is nearly 60, and l am not yet
30
"'Oh. no. l don't mind the tomb
stones or the graves. For one thing,
| they keep negroes away from our
| place You sec, there is the chicken
| coop on one side of the yard and the
! watermelon patch on the other, and
YOU couldn't set Garkey to 60 into
either after shutdown for any number
of chickens or watermelons.
THE only thing l mind about it Is
that people try to tea-e me and tell
me tina, 3, ms already got my tomb
stone ready, lettered and all, except
as TO the date Of my death, but
gu, s. II fool them all
She did, too. Poor Ben was gath
cred away 10 his numerous predeces-
sors within a year or two after that
| have never been down in that part
Of the state since then, so l don't
kaow what she did with the tomO-
stones"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

this city. Regarding copper cOndi-
lions Mr.. Clark said that the market
was slow. While consumption of met
al is large, production is even great
er, and this tends to keep p.fces
down. He said that business condi
items on the other side have been at
fected by King Edwards death, but
that they were fair. "The question OF
limiting the veto power of the house
of lords is a conspicuous feature OF
political discussion in England" Mr.
Clark said. 1T appears to be only .
question of time when a closer limit
will be placed On this power" Mr.
Clark said that President Taft um
doubtedly had accomplished a great
deal thus far in his administration.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

President Taft has appointed B..
S. ROdey of Albuquerque, N. NJ, dis
trict attorney at Nome, Alaska, to
succeed George B. Grigsby, removed
Mr.. Rodey was until recently judge
of the United States court of Porto
Rico.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

Russia has no coroners and all
burials are under the control of the
church and police, and all cemeteries
are owned by the church and the
municipality. Cremation is contrary
to law, but it is now being agitated in
official circles.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

In letter to the trustees of the
normal school at Chico, Cal, Cover
nor Gillett has ordered the board to
investigate charges of immortality
against the president of the institu-
ton, DR.. C. c. Van LEV.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

form all the virtues and values of Mum
yon's Paw-Paw Tonic and are made
from the juice of the Paw-Paw fruit.
] unhesitatingly recommend these pills
as being the best laxative and cathartic
ever compounded. Send us a postal or
letter requesting a free package OF
Munyon's Celebrated Paw Laxa-
tive Pills, and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO-
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., SD
and Jefferson SITS, Philadelphia, Pa.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15
DULL DAYS IN HARLAN.

Report F;cm Kentucky Indicates De-
cline of an Ancient Sport.
New York Sun.-Owing to about 40
DAYS continuous rain the road from
Pineville to Harlan. that ancient feud-
al city. was more or less difficult to
travel. requiring IL hours in the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

Pablo Iglesias, a socialist member
of the Spanish cortes, declared in a
speech that if Senior Maura returns
to power assassination will result.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

Nearly fifty tons Of armor plate on
the battle ships North Dakota and
u all are said to be defective and
unfit for use.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15
PACKAGE MAILED FREE ON REQUEST or
MUNYON'S
pAW-PAW PILLS

The best Stomach
and Liver Pills known
and a positive and
speedy cure for Con-
stipation, Indigestion,
Jaundice, Biliousness,
Sour Stomach, Head
ache, and all ailments
arising from a disor-
dered stomach or slug
gish liver. They con-
tain in concentrated
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15
Success in Medicine,

First Young Doctor-When will you
be able to get married?
Second Young Doctor-Im waiting
now for only three operations more
Life. .es.>s ~ .>'.,-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15
VERY INJURIOUS
TO HEALTH AND FORTUNE;
CAN BE EASILY CUREn

An inexpensive home treatment TO
Drunkenness, which has stood the test o
years, can be had upon application to 7,
Forth, 40 Dearborn ST., Chicago, III
(Secrecy guaranteed.)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

Constipation causes many serious
diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One
a laxative. three for cathartic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

Red, Weak, Weary, watery Eyes
Relieved BY Murine Eye Remedy Try
Murine For Your Eye Troubles You VIII
Like Murine. 1t Soothes SOC at Your
Druggists, Write For Eye Books Free.
Murine Eye Remedy Co, Chicago
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

PERRY DAVIS p.AINKILLER
feeling OF security comes by having this famou:
remedy ON hand 1t is a depenCablc safeguard
against collie diarrhea, cramps. sc. BIC * Soc bottles
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

Mrs. WinslOw,s SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teething; SOftenS the gums, reduces
Inflammation, allays pain, cures wind collie
q cents bottle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

Many persons who trace back their
genealogical trees find ancestors in
plenty of the undesirable sort.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

~ FAYE Secret remedy for rheumatism.
G2 "hL' 100 years in family. Receipt for
500 Address r. 0. Box $50, atlanta Ga.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-07-15

FPIIIT Grain and stock Farms for sale in
'"o''' Oceana County Write to g. w, Nor
g"n. shelby, Michigan, for lists JSyvcasTN
s-,rr 49, .. Va y w
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30

perhaps, when the soul mate is quite
neal her time and heart are occupied
in a career Or an art, and she is deaf
to all calls but that Of her particular
muse.
At any rate, love passes by. We
who know the little god pity her for
the great gap which, poets sing, can
never be filled by other interests. We
who are one of the untouched ones
realize that something is lacking, and,
after years of watching for the one.
shrug our shoulders, accept our lot.
and try to fill our thoughts with
work.
No; love doesn't come to every
woman 1t is one of the unexplained
things of this life, but it is true.
There is this saving thought, though:
If the great joys of love are not fol-
some of us, the sorrows are also lack
ing. And perhaps there Is compensa'
ton in the knowledge that a life-work
is less personal and quite as crafty.
ing WHEN a woman's efforts are not
confined to her own joys.
After all, it would be difficult vol
UNFAIRLY to decide our W fates,
wouldn't it?--New York Press
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
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Pompadour silk makes c: charming
tea gown.
Russian blouse coats increase in
popularity.
Pleating is seen in m:ay of the
new skirts.
The pin-striped sergcs arc particu.
larly smart.
Handbags of black velvet are won.
derfully smart.
Jewelry is now made especially fol
daylight wear
Plain princess dresses in velvet are
very popular.
Many Of the new leghorns are faced
il black velvet.
Great knots of black or white lace
trim large hats.
Wide leather belts will be worn
with linen dresses.
Some deep cuffs on handsome
waists have been e
The kid and suede gloves show a
wide variety in colors.
Everything that is offered in Irish
lace is now popular.
Linen serges and linen diagonals
will be worn this season.
Linens for the coming season are
soft. heavy and pliable.
Ribbons in silver and gold, also
in copper, are at hand.
Heavy Russian lace Of linen is tt
be much used for trimming.
Scarfs are as popular as ever, and
their kinds are numberless.
Chiffon is used most lavishly fol
afternoon and evening blouses.
Sleeves with pufs at the elbow
below the elbow, and others with nc
puffs at all, will be used.
Rufles down the left side of other.
wise tailored blouses--a dainty and
feminine touch-are seen.
Hatpins with gigantic jeweleG
heads and advertised as the --latest
idea from Paris" are all the rage.
The cottonball fringe, sometimes
deliberately knotted, is being much
used as a finish 10 covers, as well as
to bed spreads and for window
drapery.
Checked opaline taffetas, which re-
fleet the colors of a shattered rain
bow, are liked FOR afternoon wear.
yelled discreetly with neutral-tinted
m~ousseline.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
EUROPE IGNORES
AMERICAS STRUGGLE.
Defined by Ferrero as the Pro-
test of Morality Against Greeds.
Modern M eth DDS.

Continuing his letters in the FL
caro-, Signor Ferrero, the Italian his
torian, undertakes to explain the
moral u~pheaval in America of the
last few years against some methods
of high finance" He says that Eu-
rope, to comprehend America and the
crises preparing there, should not
confound the anti-plutocratic move
ment with European socialism.
After reviewing the immense SEN
sation caused by the crusade of in
dividual writer's and official inquiries
and prosecutions into matters of in
dustry and finance, which, he says,
have made Europe believe that Amer
lea was a seething caldron of moral
corruption, Signor Ferrero gives it as
his opinion that the anti-plutocratic
movement was fostered by the jeal-
ousies of the middle classes against
the rich, and that it borrowed many
catch words from socialism. It's fund
amental idea, however, was to prove
that America, so often accused of ma
terialism, was still strongly inspired
by puritanical tradition and demo-
cratic instincts.
"It is the protest of elementary
morality" he says, that is imbedded
in every soul not blinded by passions
nor perverted by vice, against the
artificial and sophisticated methods
Of the higher civilization. History
affords nothing more tragic than this
battle between elementary and eter-
nal morality and the passions and in
terests of a complex civilization. Eu-
rope does not appreciate the grandeur
Of this struggle, because its living is
obtained by artificial compromises"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
The Woman and the Dog.

"A crowd gathered at Tenth and
Barton streets to watch a handsome
fox terrier that was running about,
nose in the air. White froth was run
ming from the dogs mouth.
"He's mad" yelled a fat man.
The fox terrier stood in the centre
of the group with wide open eyes,
either too mad or too frightened to
move.
At this juncture, the policeman CT
rived. A dozen voices began to tell
him that the dog was mad; that it
must be killed; that it had been
swapping at the children; that it be-
gan to froth when it passed a pool
of water, and how best to shoot.
A tall, quiet-looking woman
pushed through the crowd and start
ed toward the dog. A. dozen men
yelled at her, two or three men
grabbed at her.
She picked up the dog and started
Out of the crowd. Tho policeman
stopped her with:
Madam, that dog is mad. He
must be shot. Loci; at the foam
coming out of his mouth"
Foam" she said rontemptuously.
"That's a cream puff he was eating
st. Louis Dispatch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
Who Pays Advertising Cost?

A merchant whom we will call
Marks, because that is not his name,
does no advertising. He pays a
monthly rent of $50, and $125 per
month in salaries to two statesmen,
about s25 per month for lights, and
about $500 for other expenses
total of about $500 a month. On av.
erage days he seels one hundred artl-
cles at an average gross profit of fiji
teen cents. In twenty-six days his
gross profit is about $500, and after
deducting his $500 expenses he has
$50 to cover his interest and his own
time.
In the same town on another street,
but no better located, is another mer-
chant whose name we will call Jones.
He employs one more clerk and his
expenses, otherwise approximately
the same as Marks, are $3.50 per
month; but he spends $25 a month
for advertising-or a total of 1878 a
month. At the end Of the month
Jones finds that he has sold 200 arti-
cles a day at a profit of $50, or $3.50
for the month. Deduct his expenses
and he has $3.50 for his W services
and to cover the interest on his in
vestment, as against Marks $50.
Did Jones or his customers have
to pay that s25 FOR advertising?
Certainly neither of them did.
Then who?
The clerks stood part of it because
they sold twice as many goods az
Marks statesmen did. The landlord
stood part of it because he received
no more rent. The electric light man
and the coal man stood a part, for
they got no more out of it because
more goods were sold.
Advertising Is not an expense. 1t
is an economy, like insurance, or heat
or rent.
This Is true Of any line of mer-
chandising, or any business with fixed
expenses. The only man who gets
the worst of the deal is Marks, who
doesn't believe in advertising. for he
has to help pay Jones advertising
bills in lost trade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
Clothing Terms.

The English word 'frock," denot-
ing a kind of coat for men, was Dor
rowed from us by the Germans in the
form of crack" and afterward be-
came French "frac." But whereas
in English it means a frock coat, on
the continent it mean a dress coat,
which is quite another thing. In the
"N, E. D." where quotations are
given for all senses, there is no trace
of it's meaning a dress coat in Eng
lish. This application of the term
must therefore have been made IN
Germany" whence it penetrated to
all the continental languages, includ-
ing Lithuanian "frakas" and Finnish
"prakki," the Firms having no r.
The term is we'll known in the sla-
vonic dialects, always in the sense
''dress coat" and the Russians have
even coined the admirable word
"fratchnik' to describe an habitual
wearer Of evening dress-a "toff,' IN
fact.
While they use "frac" for a dress
coat, the French designate a frock
coat by another English loan word,
"redingote," which was originally
riding coat" In Spanish "frac' is
dress coat, and frock coat is "leviata,'
i. e.. levitical coat. The Young Turks
greatly affect the frock, and | have
heard it called by them "stambolina,'
|. e.. Constantinopolitan coat.
"Frock" is not the only clothing
term misused by foreigners. 'Smo-
king" Ii. G., smoking jacket) is used
IN French, German, Russian and
cther tongues to signify a dinner
Jacket, which in New York is called
a tuxedo" from the village of that
name. "Buckskin.' which in Eng
lish has a very limited currency,
seems extremely popular in what
some one has called the gross gar
giles of Prussia and Holland" which
use it indiscriminately for any
brooches material or for the garment
itself.-Notcs and Queries.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30
BLACKFEET GO TO WORK.
Helping Uncle Sam With One of His
Reclamation Projects.


Uncle Sam found the Indian such
a good workman in the year 1903
that he has formed an entirely new
opinion of that erstwhile troublesome
person.
Of course there are still many red
men on reservations living off the
bounty of this Government and show
ing no disposition to get out and earn
a living. but their number is becom-
ing smaller every year
Last year the Blackfeet tribe put
their shoulders to the wheel and
made the reclamation services Black
feet project in Montana a big success.
Other kinds of labor, says the Van
Norden Magazine, simply could not
be had. So the red man was the sole
reliance of Director Newell.
AS in the case of the Apaches of
Arizona. the Blackfeet proved to be
men of their word. They wanted to
know just how many hours they were
to work and the character Of work
they were to do. Then they went at
it with a will and never did they
shirk or make excuses.
Once the time for quitting came,
however, they knocked off with all
the eagerness and promptness of
union men. They displayed remark
able intelligence and eagerness to
learn. Moreover, they gave evidence
of a desire to take up the ways Of the
civilized to live in houses and observe
the laws of health.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-30

tins to our view. We rejoice with
these happy women. We are glad to
be allowed to walk with them in the
radiance of their JOY. About. these
women there is no doubt that love
has come and intends TO stay.
But in our circle of friends there
is, perhaps, a lovable woman who
walks on in single blessedness. She
has executive ability in affairs of the
household, and we picture her as a
successful manager o. a home. but
for some reason she never has her
own fireside. We think of this friend
as a true and loving wife, but she does
not marry. The divine spark never
seems to strike her. We bemoan the
loss to our little world, and some of
us protest against the barriers which
wall in her heart, but there she Is,
smiling-and immune.
Love does not come to her. We
cannot explain why her heart is not
touched; we wonder at the silence
when one or two adorers offer their
hearts, which are promptly refused.
With a potentially for loving she
lives through her years and then
passes out of our knowledge.
What is the reason? Can it be that
there really exists somewhere in this
world a man who can awaken the soul
of the l~oveless one? Is it possible
that in her youth she formed ideals
beyond the power of man to approx.
mate, and the first murmur of the
grand passion is drowned by the loud
demands of these high ideals? Or