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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
One-Third of a Wife.

Before crowded, fashionable in
ntensely-interested audience, assem-
bled in the Philharmonic hall, Liver
pool, some time ago, DR.. Sven Hedin,
the distinguished Swedish explorer,
impaired much interesting informs'
ton regarding his recent expedition
into Tibet.
A few sentences were devoted TO
the marriage laws Of the Tibetans. 1t
was the custom for a woman to have
two or three. or even more, brothers
as her husbands. Three brothers
would thus have one-third of wife
each-which ought to be quite suf-
ficient. for the women were extremely
ugly. When the eldest of the brothers
chose a wife the others had to agree.
And this was a remarkable thing,
In European countries 1t was the Gus
tom to ask father how many chill
dren he had got; in Tibet it was the
custom to ask the children, HOW
many fathers have you got"
And the answer might be. I have
three-my great father, my middle
father. and my little father"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
Join War on tuberculosis.

From statistics published in the
new tuberculosis directory Of the
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis it is as
certained that over 600 cities and
towns of the United States, besides
about 100 in Canada, are engaged in
the war against consumption, and that
on April 1st there were nearly 1900
different agencies at work in the cru
SADIE, an increase of nearly 700 per
cent in the last seven years.
The new directory lists All tuber-
culosis sanitoria hospitals, and day
camps; 511 associations and commit
tees for the prevention of tuberculo-
sis; 342 special dispensaries; 6S
open air schools; SO hospitals for the
insane and penal institutions, making
special provision for their tuberculosis
inmates; besides giving an account
OF the anti-tuberculosis legislation in
every state and in about $50 cities.
The new directory is sold by the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis, 105
East Twenty second street, New York
city, at cost price. so cents, postpaid.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
American Awaiting Girl.

The awaiting girl is quite an estab-
lished feature OF American life She
has superseded the old-fashioned mat
inee girl, but is very much more i'm
passioned. Her one dream Is that she
may, at some time or another, be
dashed to death with her begoggled
idol. II you want to find her when
next you attend an aviation meeting
in America, do not look for her on
the lawn or In the grand stand. You
will not even find her IN the club
house. Cross over to the hangars-
that is the place for the awaiting girl.
Beautifully dressed, she VIII sit for
hour after hour on an old box, or a
log of wood, or an upturned bucket,
lust near the doorway of the hangar.
You may stare at her, photograph her,
do what you will-she will not move.
The spirit of martyrdom is as strong
within her Is in the Ind;an fakir. BY
and by, later in the day, it is family
possible that "he" may let her creep
on to the machine and go for q ride.
That is why she In waiting, waiting
waiting.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
WIDE TIRES A HELP
IMMENSE BENEFIT IN KEEPING
HIGHWAYS IN GOOD
CONDITION.
CONCERTED ACTION NEEDED
Two-Ton Load on Wagon With 49,
Inch Tires viii Do More Damage
in Cutting Up Road Than I've
the Load on Three Inch Tire.
BY HOWARD n. GROSS.

The question of good roads through
out the country is of tremendous i'm
portance, and the people are every
where clamoring for them. The great
majority seem to be wandering
around In a maze of uncertainty as
to what to do.
The solution involves many factors
Local conditions are subject to wide
variation both as to soil, road mate
rial, amount Of traffic, etc, hence no
rule can be laid down that will apply
In all cases. The subject must be
given intelligent treatment by a cap
able engineer, familiar with the sur
roundings.
There is however one thing that
can be done that will be of immense
benefit to the roads of all times.
whether earth, stone or gravel, and
that is wider tires upon the wagons.
Untold millions of dollars of damage
to highways is done every year by
heavy loads upon narrow tire farm
wagons. These are often from one and
a half inches to one and three-quarters
wide, seldom more than two and a
quarter. A two-ton load on a wagon
with one and three-quarters inch tires
will do more damage in cutting up
road than twice the load upon a three
inch tire. II we could have uniform,
concerted action in any community
whereby three to three and half
inch tires would be put upon every
farm wagon, it would mean much bet
ter highways than we now have. The
narrow tires mean deep ruts. and if
the rule is a narrow tire upon wag
ons, the man who goes out upon these
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
wnERERHEyM ATTS MNEErse
K;nNEYN ITS WATERLnn NASrokAcH
~ aoOssss kARTihsWLLS SAkTAsiuh AaspsnAn sSSu
If . sts syss T ass Thompsen's Eye Wafs,
PLEDGE POLICIES FOR LOANS
Imprudent Act That Really Means
Man Is Borrowing From His
Widow.

Many men, pressed for money, go
to the life insurance company, de-
post their policy as security and bor-
row as much as the company is will
ing to lend. That the practice is COM
mon is proved by the fact that most
companies have loaned from fourth
to a third of the aggregate face value
of their policies in this way. Very
few of these loans" says the annual
report of the Connecticut Mutual-and
this company's experience is TYPICAL
"are ever repaid to the company. The
moneys are swallowed up
In business enterprises, in specula-
tons and the total result
means embarrassment and distress in
a great many cases and poverty in
the place of competence, when the
claims mature, and there Is nothing
left above the loans but mere mar
gin in cash on the policies for the
protection of families or estates"
Men who borrow on their policies are
taking away protection from their
families. 1t ought not to be DONE
Golfers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
$4,000 PUDDINGS FURNISHED
London Manufacturer Made That
Many to Meet the Demands Of the
Christmas Spirit.

The manufacture of plum pudding
in England is mainly confined to Lon
don and is carried on by all the prin-
Cipal bakeries, delicatessen and other
establishments. The industry was
greatly doomed by the Boer war.
In the opening days of that strug-
gle the yuletide season increased the
natural solicitude for the fathers and
sons and husbands in far away Africa,
and the plum pudding was requisi-
toned in large quantities to express
the feeling at home and carry at least
a spark Of Christmas cheer to enliven
the soldiers camp.
Thousands of pounds of plum pud
ding were sent out, but the demand
was far in excess of the supply, a
fact which gave greater urgency to
the demand and by concentrating
general intrest in the pudding added
immensely to It's popularity, and es-
pecially as the soldier called loudly
for more. The result Is that today
the bulk of plum pudding consumed
in the United Kingdom is supplied by
public purveyors and hundreds OF
thousands of pounds are shipped
abroad Manufacturers begin active
operations as soon as the new crops
of raisins, currants and other required
fruits appear in September. All the
constituents of plum pudding, which
do not include plums, are prepared
and manipulated by elaborate and ex.
pensive machinery. Currants are
washed and stems removed, raisins
are stoned, nuts are shelled and
ground, oranges and lemons are
peeled, the peel candied and cut up,
eggs are beaten and all other ingredi-
ents prepared by machinery.
Exclusive of milk and rum the in
gradients used by single manufac-
turer in supplying plum pudding to
meet the demands Of the Christmas
season of 1910 aggregated $40, 14o
pounds, the number of buildings fur.
nished aggregating 100000. There are
three or four London manufacturers
says Daily Consular and Trade Re
ports, each of whose output perhaps
equaled that described, and there are
quite a large number of smaller es
adjustments In which plum pudding
was supplied for home and foreign
consumption.
The pudding is put up in packages
weighing one to FIVE pounds each ant
securely packed to insure preservation
and safe transportation. Properly pre-
pared and packed the plum pudding
of England, with ordinary care on the
part of the housewife, will retain IT.
virtues for year or more.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
lust Homes.

A gentleman never snatches his
trousers away from his wife when he
discovers her going through his peck
cts. He only hopes she '7ill leave him
enough with which to go downtown In
the morning He is perfectly welcome
to go through her purse any time and
help himself to anything he can find.
That is what married life means. A
man should not allow his feelings to
be hurt when his wife runs across
loose change or a roll in his pockets;
he ought to play the game and take
such little conjugal pastimes for
granted.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
REPATRIATED.
re FAD $4,000 I'M CASH IN 1909
NOW WORTH 100000.

My parents were originally Cana
dams from Essex County, Ontario. i
was born in Monroe County, Michigan,
from which place moved to Red Lake
Falls, Minnesota, where / farmed for
90 years. sold my farm there in the
summer of 1903 and in September OF
that year came to Canada with my
wife and eight children. / had about
s400 in cash, team of horses, a cow, a
few sheep and some chickens. took
up a quarter section of land near Jack
Fish Lake, Meota P. o., and later on
purchased for 100000 an adjoining
quarter section. l have now 48 head
of cattle, a number of horses, good
buildings and consider my holding is
worth at least 100000. My children
have raised from $500 to $500 worth
of garden truck each year since we
have been here. have never had a
poor crop and have never had one
frosted. My wheat has averaged from
25 to 80 bushels per acre with one or
two years considerably more. My
oats have always yielded well up to so
UuoHSlS per acre huu OuCo VI I"iSO 0S
high as 85 My cattle have never been
stabbed in winter, and do not need 1t.
1 consider that this country offers bet
ter opportunities fer settlers than any
where I have ever been. am sure
that almost any person can come here
and buy land at say $500 per acre
and pay for it in one crop. My ex-
perience is that If a man farms his
land in the right way he is not likely
to have his crop frosted.
Most of the settlers in my district
are Americans and Canadians and l
know lots of them who came here with
little or no capital who are now do
ing we'll, but do not know of any who
have left through disappointment. or
becoming discouraged, have returned
to their former homes.
EUGENE JUBINVILLE.
There are many whose experience
IS similar to that Of Mr.. Jubinville.
Secure Canadian Government litera
ture from nearest Canadian Govern
ment Agent. and see for yourself.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
In Defense of the Primrose

Poisonous or not, the primrose was
largely consumed by our forefathers,
who endowed it with a variety OF
medicinal properties. The flowers
sodden in vinegar were applied ex-
ternally for the kings evil, and boiled
in wine were taken internally for
all diseases of the breast and lungs,
and one famous London practitioner
also prescribed the primrose boiled
as a strengthening diet for GONZALES
cents. AS late as 1887 the primrose
could be found in English dispense
tories as a sedative. But, apart from
its consumption by inyalids. the prim
rose had it's place in the bill of fare
and primrose pastry, made of dough
and the flowers chopped up fine anC
mixed with sugar, was a common dish
in Lancas hire-London Chronicle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26

fair authorities discovered that IL the
exhibits were hauled in and out on
these roads it would destroy them,
because of the narrow tires that pre-
vailed upon the wagons of the truck
and express companies. The aut
ties established rule that no narr0 =
tire wagons could come on the
the transportation companies, but the
fair authorities stood firm, and the
teaming companies met the conditions
by substituting a wide for a narrow
tire upon the same wheel. They sim
ply took off say a two and 9 half inca
tire and put on one three and half
inches or four inches upon the same
wheel and the same felloe. This serv-
ed the purpose.
About three years ago the city of
Chicago passed an ordinance provid-
ing for wide tires upon vehicles using
the streets for traffic. A tremendous
howl was made by all teaming inter
ests and they brought in the wagon
makers to state that the changing of
these wheels meant an expenditure of
millions upon millions of dollars, and
it would take several years in order to
have the change made. Large manu-
facturers of wagons said the wagon
stock was gotten out for the narrow
tire wagons, and 1t would take at
least two years before any general
change could be made. At that time
the writer took hand in the campaign
with others, and published in the Chi
cago papers illustrations of how this
change could be made (see cut here
With. The city council stood firm,
the ordinance was passed and the
users of narrow tires were arrested
and fined. In very short time wide
tires began to appear upon the streets,
and now the use is general and the
solution has been mainly as indicated,
namely, substituting wide tires for
narrow ones upon the same wheels.
Any local blacksmith or wagon maker
can make the change indicated and
the expense ought to range between
$500 and $1,000 for wagon. The H.
lustration is so simple that anyone
can follow it.
Tie question is, how shall this be
brought about? The writer would
suggest a state law licensing all the
vehicles, the same as the automobile
is now licensed, and let it apply upon
everything that goes upon the road
graduating it with a view Of making
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26

CURED to move a given load, over Va,
widths. Many persons will be sur
prised to know in the large majority
of cases a load can be moved with
less power with veh- cles having wide
tires, rather than narrow ones.
There may be another and easier
way to accomplish the end desired
than the imposing of license tax
upon vehicles. That would be to
credit the owner certain amount
each year on his annual road tax BILL
upon furnishing proof that all his We,
hicles used upon the highways con,
formed to the wide tire requirements
Suppose the owner has a road tax
of, say $1,000, and he has two wagons
used upon the highways. Credit him
$500 per year upon each wagon for
four years. In this way the tax abat-
ed will more than pay the cost of
changing the wagon. Thus. his in
terest would be sufficient to induce
the owner to make the change.
Public sentiment would also change
rapidly in support of the wide tire
movement. and in a year or two
man would be ashamed to be seen on
the street with one of these road de-
stroying wagons.
The plan suggested is feasible.
practical and has worked satisfac-
torily where II has been tried. There
is no reason why action should not be
taken along the lines indicated.
Referring to the illustration above.
A wide tire can be placed upon an old
wheel without any filling piece as
shown in the illustration Just let
the tire project half inch on each
side of the felloe This will greatly
simplify the changing from the mar
row to the wide tire, and for many 10
calities will serve the purpos@ just
as we'll
Wide tires make roads, narrow tires
destroy them. There should be
thorough cooperation between all OF
the residents of the several townships
for better roads. Nothing can be done
SO quickly and so cheaply that will
be productive of such good results as
to discard narrow tires and substitute
wide ones in their place.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
FEED YOU MONEY
Feed Your Brain, and 1t Will Feed
You Money and Fame.

Ever since boyhood l have been
especially fond of meats, and am con-
WINGED l ate too rapidly, and failed to
masticate my food properly.
The result was that found myself,
a few years ago, afflicted with all
ments of the stomach, and kidneys.
which interfered seriously with my
business.
AT last l took the advice of friends
and began to eat Grape-Nuts instead
of the heavy meats, etc., that had con-
stituted my former diet.
Il found that l was at once bene-
flied by the change, that l was soon
relieved from the heartburn and indi.
gestion that used TO follow my meals.
that the pains in my back from my
kidney affection had ceased.
my nerves, which used to be un-
steady, and my brain, which was slow
and lethargic from heavy diet OF
meats and greasy foods, had, not in
moment, but gradually, and none the
less surely, been restored to normal
efficiency.
Now every nerve Is steady and my
brain and thinking faculties are quick
er and more acute than for years past
After my old style breakfasts used
to suffer during the forenoon from a
feeling of weakness which hindered
me seriously in my work, but since l
began to use Grape-Nuts food can
work till dinner time with all ease
and comfort" Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
There's a reason"
Read the little book, "The Road 10
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A nevs
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26
VICTIM OF HARD LUCK
WATSON HOLDS 2AHoUR RECORD
FOR MISFORTUNE.
former Pennsylvania Tells row no
Lost a Big Fortune Through
Foolish Pet Goat and a
Fond Grandfather.

Hard lucki" exclaimed Watson.
You fellows don't know what nara
luck is. | claim that l hold the "a
hour record for hard luck. When
was a boy | lived in the Pennsylvania
oil country. and my grandfather owned
a big farm down there. They hao
never found oil within five or SIX
miles of grandfather's place, but they
were gradually edging along In MS
direction, and we all expected that
sooner or later somebody would un-
cover a gusher there. That would
mean a fortune for grandfather, and
as / was his only heir | naturally
took considerable interest In the mat
ter.
Well, one day a rich oil man came
along and made an offer for grand
fathers farm. They had struck
good we'll near by, and everybody had
come to the conclusion that grand
fathers farm was in the middle of the
oil belt. Our friends advised against
the acceptance Of the first offer, which
would have been 20 times as much as
the farm would have been worth If
no oil had been there, but 1t was GER
tain that If oil were discovered on
the farm we could get $4,000. and
perhaps 100000, more than the price
mentioned by the first bidder.
Seeing that grandfather wouldn't
sell, the man leased a couple of acres
from him and started to put down
test well. 1t was expected that they
would have to drill about thousand
feet to reach the sand in which the
oil was located, and when they got
down that far not a sign of oil had
been found. So they decided to tor
pedo the thing.
"The scheme was to put lot of
nitroglycerin into the well and blow 1t
up. That often made gushers of what
at first seemed to be dry holes. They
brought a large quantity of the eX-
plosive stuff to the farm and stored
it in a little shed, expecting to blow
up the we'll the next day. Here's
where the hard luck comes in.
1T happened that l had a goat and
this goat got into the shed where the
explosive was stored. Boylike | rushed
in to get the goat out, and grand
father and crowd Of the we'll drillers
saw me. They were horror-stricken
For a moment nobody could move or
even speak Then grandfather offered
his farm to any one who would rescue
me. One of the drillers accepted the
offer and entered the shed, where he
succeeded in getting the goat by the
horns Just before he had butted into
the can of nitroglycerin.
He flung the goat out through the
open door of the shed and then, catch
ing me in his arms, carried me out in
safety to grandfather. The old gentle
man insisted on deciding the place
over to him then and there. The
next day they attempted to torpedo
the well, and then it was discovered
that the can which was supposed to
be full of nitroglycerin contained moth
ing but lard, and the goat died OF the
shock it sustained when it was
thrown out of the shed. Eventually
the we'll turned out to be a gusher.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26

again. I don't know how to express
NV thanks for the good it has done me
and / hope all suffering women VIII
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Compound trial. 1t was worth It's
weight in gold. Mrs. j. z. ENDLICH,
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pound, made from native roots and
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female complaints, such as infamma-
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owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound a trial.
If you want special advice write
Mrs.Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for 1t.
1t is free and always helpful.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26

highways with wide tire Is badly
handicapped Hence. II any good is
TO come from the wide tire movement.
It should be generally adhered to. 1t
Is a truthful statement that wide
tires make roads and narrow tires de-
atroy them.
An equitable basis would be to IL
cense all vehicles doing business up
IN the public highways. grading the
license fee according to the width of
the tire, and letting the amount of
money paid in be used to maintain
who is willing to tote fair can object
to 1t. In grading the license fee 1t
should be in such a manner that It
will be to the interest of the owner
70 substitute a wide tire for his mar
row one.
When this is suggested. Il will be
ut once said that 1t is impractical,
and that 1t cannot be done. II is sur
prising how many objections can be
found against the doing OF anything
that a person does not want to do.
The writer has witnessed two cam
paigns where the question of narrow
and wide tires has been thrashed out
and every objection made and an
swered.
The first was during the Worlds
Fair in Chicago IN the grounds were
temporary roadways, designed to last
only during the fair season. These
were made of gravel or crushed stone
,bout three or four inches deep. The
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-26

the vehicles that do the most damage
pay the largest tax.
Without giving an entire schedule
the following will illustrate what the
writer has in mind:
That after a given date no vehicle
shall be used upon the highways un-
less 1t carries a license.
On two horse farm wagon with a
tire of ~ inches or less the annual
license fee to be $3.50 a year.
Over tx inches and under 2A
inches, $3.50 a year.
Over "a inches and under 8 inches
$500 per year.
Three inches or over. 81. 90 per year
The money collected to be credited
to the road district and be used for
road repair work.
There Is another advantage to be
gained by this method over and above
the preservation of the highways.
that is, the same wagon is more use
full on the farm or on the fields for
doing ordinary farm work. The haul
Ing over nay HSiuS anu grain neldS
with narrow tired wagons does con-
siderable damage. Hauling out ma
nure, and in a variety of farm work
wide tire wagons are advisable. Many
farmers keep wagons with wide tires
for this specific purpose. Why not
have all vehicles carry wide. SEN
sible tire that will improve conditions
rather than make them worse?
Dynamometer tests have been made
showing the amount Of power re-