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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

age are small SO that rates are very
reasonable and the total Of heavy traf-
fic is large.
Through close and effective study
of economical transportation, Belgium
has built UP an excellent system OF
canals and canalized rivers, 20 in num-
Der. These are used partly for trans
portation and partly for irrigation.
Both the Mouse and the Scheldt are
navigabIe throughout their entire
length in Belgium, and many of their
tributaries have been canalized. In ad-
dition to these natural advantages,
there are canal systems that unite
Brussels and Louvain with the Rupel,
Brussels with Charleroi and Mons
with Condo. Then, too, there are two
fine ship canls which by uniting Client
and Bruges with the sea coast have
restored to those cities much of their
old time commercial Importance.
Mention of Holland instantly Gre
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

ates a mind picture of canals, and In
deed that little land of dykes and
bitches is completely cut up into
small islands by it's extensive system
Of waterways. They cross and inter
lace one another like the threads of
some large fishing net. The North
Holland canal was considered, until
recently, to be the finest Of the kind in
Europe The southern part Of the
country IS especially favored by ma
ture, for the Rhine, entering Holland,
divides up into numerous arms, the
chief of which are the WAL, the LEX
and the Yssel The Mouse joins the
WAL, thus mingling its waters with
those of the Rhine, and all Of these
rivers carry an immense traffic. Four
fifths Of the river trade of Holland is
carried on the Rhine and the WAL.
The Scheldt has it's estuary mainly
in Holland and carries ocean vessels
to Antwerp.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

I'm sorry for him. I once knew a
young man who was trying to do the
very hardest kind of work-the mixed
kind, which is physical and mental,
too-on a diet that healthy rabbit
would hesitate about adopting unless
guaranteed that the quantity would be
absolutely unlimited. This young man
would make a breakfast of a bit Of
bread, a small plate of boiled rice, and
a glass of water; he would luncheon
on a small quantity of butter-beans,
or some other equally insubstantial
airy nothing, and then he would top of
the day with a piece of cake and a
cup of tea-always weak tea, too.
Occasionally he would go on what
might be called a veritable feed
ing bat and would wildly
dissipate on two bananas for
breakfast, boiled rice with green corn
and an apple for luncheon, and e
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

| Owing to the level condition or the
| country, the construction OF canah
in Holland involves but comparatively
| little labor and expense. Many OF INC
canals are used constantly as supsu-
tutes for public highways, and IN the
winter their frozen surfaces offer con-
venient roads for the skaters VINO
throng them on their way to and from
market and about their various occu-
pations. So complete is the canai
system that by means OF 1t a resident
of Rotterdam could breakfast at Deltt
or The Hague, dine at Leyden ana
sup at Amsterdam, or return 10 MS
home before nightfall Since not only
the surface but the beds of many or
Hollands canals are above the level OF
land, the drainage is Of the greatest
Importance This is effected by means
of pumps worked by the windmills
that are such q characteristic feature
Of the Dutch landscape. The banks OF
the canals are maintained by the fam
lilies that live along them, each being
assigned a portion to keep in repair.
Emory r. Johnson, professor OF
TRANSFORMATION and commerce in the
University of Pennsylvania, who re-
Gently made study Of European wa
terways. as the special representative
of the National River and Harbor con-
gress, calls attention to the way In
which Germany, France, Holland and
Belgium have co-operated in estab-
fishing standard dimensions for their
canals and barges, and connecting
their systems In this manner the
through shipment of international
traffic has been facilitated. Another
feature Of the waterway policy OF
these European countries" he says,
"is that care is taken to provide wa
terways with adequate terminal and
harbor facilities, and to make such
physical connections between rail-
roads and waterways at all inland
harbors as to guarantee the easy and
economical transfer Of traffic from
cars to boats and water to rails. 1t is
realized that terminal facilities and
rail connections are as essential part
of the projects for making waterways
uo6luI dS are Ic11dDlS ChdIhSlo VI auS-
quate width ard depth. The Rhine
river, for instance, has 62 harbors
equipped AS fully as commercial needs
require, with storage and transfer fa-
cilities. At 43 of these terminals the
direct transfer of goods from trains
to boats and river to rail Is possible.
Many Of the harbOrs include large
basins, some of which are used for
the transfer and storage of commodi-
ties, while others are constructed to-
enable big industrial plants to locate
on water frontage Each city con-
structs is own harbor with but little,
if any, aid from the state, the expense
being borne by the city, aided in some
instances by private interests"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28
How Vegetarianism Hurts Us
BY M. A. LANE, sc. b.
mer Research in Physiology, University of IIIinos)

"lentil outlet" with two bananas for
dinner! And after this desperate
plunge into the flesh pots Of Egypt
he would always feel as guilty as if
he had just robbed safe and could
hear the police coming to take him in.
You couldn't persuade that young
man that he was slowly but certainly
killing himself. Had you stood him up
before all the psychologists Of the
world, to be assured by them not only
on their reputation as men Of science,
but on their decency and honor as
men, that that sort of diet was never
intended" by any scheme of nature or
any deity imaginable, for the human
machinery of digestion, he would prob
ably have come out of the seance with
vague idea that somehow or other
they were just trying to fool him for
some hidden and vicious purpose OF
their own.
1t would be a good thing if all men
and all women were early in their
youth put through a course OF study
I mean actual study, from the thing
and not from the book, which is worse
than useless, not even being useless
on the vast differences between the
digestive apparatus of the plant-eat-
ing animal and that of the meat-eating.
or omnivorous, animal, such as man.
The young vegetarian mentioned
above was very brave; as brave as
ANYBODY could be in such circum-
stances and on such a diet, but he
would often look with longing eyes on
the steaks and chops his companions
consumed at table. while he himself
was sturdily Furnishing himself with
rice and other wholly unsavOry dishes.
Also he was rather dim of eye and
not specially active On his feet or ct
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

his work And although he might not
it, l knew he was afflicted with q dis
order Of the digestive apparatus that
always accompanies vegetarianism. He
was, in fine, the victim of a prejudice
that left him unequal to the work he
was compelled to do, and which he was
doing at the expense Of his health,
happiness and success in the world in
which he moved.
Upon what grounds does the prac.
tice of vegetarianism rest it's claims :?
The answer is, on no grounds what.
soever, unless 1t be those Of the man
who has an idea" that if he looks
over his left shoulder at the moon, or
sees a black cat on the thirteenth day
Of the month, he is dead sure to have
bad luck.
And yet it is only when it is ridden
to death as a hobby that vegetarianism
can be charged with inanity. When it
is practiced occasionally and for a linn
tied time, and at irregular intervals, it
becomes the useful servant Of scien-
tific intelligence. There is a soul Of
truth" in vegetarianism, as there also
may be, so far as you or | know to
the contrary, in the belief that if you
see a black tabby on Friday the thir-
teenth, you will lose regularly at
poker for some considerable time
thereafter. This soul Of truth takes US
backward a bit in the natural history
Of man.
The primitive ancestors of Euro
pean races, like the savage races of
the present time, were naturally fitted
for, and therefore needed" a certain
amount OF irregularity in their feed
ing. Sometimes game would be plenty,
and sometimes it would be scarce.
When it was scarce, or not to be had
ct all. those primitive ancestors Of
ours were necessarily limited to a
starvation diet. They were very hungry,
and their hunger made them keen on
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

the hunt, active bright-eyed, alert, Wig
orous and pushing. Then, with
successful kill, there would naturally
be a little gorging of meat, followed
by long and lazy rest.
Now, while we, their descendants,
are not quite as savage or quite as inn
provident as were our primitive fore
fathers Of the jungle or the prairies,
and while it is true that we are not
distressed with alternate scarcity and
redundancies of food, we inherit the
stomachs and the general digestive ma
chinery Of those active old fathers OF
ours, and a reasonable degree of alter
nate gorging and starving is good for
US. Unfortunately, however, most OF
US have to attend to business year in
and year out, and we cannot lie idle
around the woods digesting off our
gorges, whereas fasting is not to be
thought Of by persons who work at
occupations very different from hunt.
Ing.
But we can do this: We can cut
down, or cut out, our meat diet at ir-
regular and fairly frequent intervals;
so without meat altogether for week
or so; be vegetarians, not regularly,
but quite irregularly, for short lengths
Of time. And then when we give
meat It's inning We will be better pre-
pared to appreciate 1t, and to extract
from it the health and happiness we
need.
The vegetarian is therefore here
with supplied with a scientific princi.
pie" as sound and as negotiable as a
golden eagle. But if he adopts it he
will have to cut himself in two
Copyright. 1911. by the Columbia Press
Syndicate.)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28
GFAW

as far as Basel, just across the Swiss
frontier, and small sea-going steam
ers ascend it as far as Mannheim. This
mighty river has been improved by
the Germans at a cost Of more than
S12,500,0OO, and its waters bear an i'm
mense traffic in coal, iron ore, iron
and steel manufactures and other
heavy freight. The Rhine valley,
dotted with picturesque ruined castles
and saturated with legend and TO-
nance. is also one Of the busiest dis
tricts in all Europe, for it is densely
populated and contains numerous i'm
portant industrial cities. Canals con-
meet the Rhine with the Mouse, Saone,
Seine. Danube and Ems rivers. The
Rhine-Rhone canal follows the course
of the river from Strassburg almost
to Basel. and is generally used instead
of the river.
The Elbe is second only to the
Rhine in commercial Importance. 1t
is navigable throughout its whole
course in Germany and along it lie
some of the chief silver and coal
mines. salt fields, sheep pastures and
beet-root areas in the empire. More
over It links Berlin, the capital, with
Hamburg, the chief port, by the canals
of the Havel and Spree river systems.
The Weser, the Oder, the Vistula
and other rivers are of great impor-
lance as commercial highways, and
go to make up Germany's grand total
of nearly 5000 miles of navigable riv-
ers. of which about 1,400 miles are
canalized.
Germany's canals are many. their
total mileage being something like
1900. and large sums are spent on
their improvement. The most import
art internationally IS the great North
Sea and Baltic ship canal, which ira
verses Schleswig- Holstein, saving two
davs' time by steamer between Ham,
burg and all the Baltic ports of Ger
many. This canal was begun in 1887
and was opened to traffic in 1895 and
is q source of much pride to Emperor
William. The Ludwigs canal in Bava-
ria united the Danube with the Main,
thus supplying a continuous water
way from the North sea to the Black
sea. The Plauen canal connects the
Elbe with the Havel, and there are
systems connecting the Oder with the
Elbe and the Mcneil with the PTegel.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

poor man or pour
woman trying 20
w orry al o n g
through an all-to7-
limited and not
over-joyous life on
a diet that is fit
only for guinea
pigs, rabbits and
kline.
l have no quar-
rel with the vege-
tartan or with his
principles; ;" in
fact, | don't know
and have never
been able to find
out Just what his
principles are. But
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

steaming under the thousand guns
that arm King Georges tremendous
fortress on the rock. So the project
seems almost equally important from
a commercial and a military view, and
doubtless will be carried out.
Altogether, France has nearly 5000
miles of canals and 5000 miles of nav
igable rivers, and in the last 25 years
the rate of increase as regards ton
mage and ton-mileage has been more
rapid on the waterways than on the
railways.
In the Rhine and the Elbe, Germany
possesses two commercial waterways
of the first magnitude. The Rhine is
navigabIe for small river steamboats,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28
Adamant.

Adamant.
There are a lot of girls who done
ever intend to get married"
How do you know?"
I've proposed to several"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

A waterway expert has said that there
are too many small craft on the Ger
man canals to keep the cost Of trans
portation down as low as 1t might be,
but the governments charges for loci
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-28

1 sometimes despair for the future
of the human race when l see some {
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
$3.50 RECIPE CURES
WEAK KIDNEYS, FREE
RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY
TROUBLES, BAckAcHE, STRAIN
ING, SWELLING, ETC.
stops Pain In the Bladder. Kidneys
and Back.

wouldn't 1t be nice within a week or 20
to begin to say goodbye forever to the
scalding, dribbling. straining. or too fire.
7uent passage of urine; the forehead and
the back-of-the-head aches; the stitches
and pains in the back; the growing mus
Gle weakness; spots before the eyes; yell
low skin; sluggish bowels; swollen eye
lids or ankles; leg cramps; unnatural
short breath; sleeplessness and the de-
spondency2
have recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on, and IL you want to
make QUICK RECOVERY. you ought
TO write and get q copy Of 1t. Many a
doctor would charge you $3.50 just for
writing this prescription. but 1 have it
and will be glad to send 1t to you entire
ly free. Just drop me a line like this:
DR.. A. Z. Robinson. K-267 Luck Building.
Detroit, Mich, and / will send 1t by re-
turn mail In a plain envelope. As you will
see when you get 1t, this recipe contains
only pure, harmless remedies. but 1t has
great healing and pain-conquering power
1t will quickly show its power once you
use it, SO think you had better see what
1t is without delay. / will send you q
copy free-you can use 1t and cure your
self at home.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
The Brides EdIet.

Here comes the BRIDE" hailed
Maude Fulton, as a demure young
beauty and her proud. self-conscious
escort Joined the supper party. Then
she told a story on her blushing young
friend.
II live at the same hotel with
Ethel" said Miss Fulton, "anu SIT at
the same table with her. Yesterday
morning she pouted at breakfast,
suiked at luncheon and at dinner was
30 cold that her adoring young hus-
band was almost distracted. From
soup to coffee he pleaded abjectly to
at least be told the nature of his Of
tense. Finally EthePs lips began to
culver and great big tear splashed
into her finger bowl.
Jack she burst forth, If ever
dream again that you have kissed an
other woman I'll never speak to you
as long as | live!' "-Young's Maya
Ine
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
BETTER TEETH
FEWER DENTISTS BILLS

Your teeth decay because particles
of food get into crevices between and
around the teeth and create germs
OF decay. Ordinary tooth powders
and washes are entirely inadequate
to prevent 1t.
Try Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic, de-
licious. harmless germicide. Just a
little in glass of water, and rinse the
mouth and brush the teeth thoroughly.
1t will whiten the teeth, prevent
and remove tartar, destroy all germs
of decay and save you dentists bills.
Paxtine thoroughly cleanses, de-
odorizes and keeps pure and odorless
false teeth and bridgework. Paxtine
is far superior to liquid antiseptics
and peroxide for all toilet and n.y.
gienlc uses. At Druggists 25 and soc,
or sent postpaid upon receipt of price
by The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass. Send for a free sample.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
tBy LLOYD M1sHLER.)

We have found the best method of
feeding to be what is termed hopper
feeding. Practically all the feed is in
the dry form. For small chicks up to
eight weeks old we have never found
anything which will put on more
growth than the high-class grades of
commercial chick feeds.
For the first few days / sprinkle
the smallest sizes OF this feed thick
ly where the young chicks are, so that
every time they pick they get a grain.
AS soon as they begin to come out
side the coop. which is in two or three
days, all the feed is placed in hop
pers made on the same general prin-
ciple as our larger ones.
Many farmers neglect to furnish
their chicks with meat food. This is
essential If one wants to get the prop
er amount of growth. 1t is best sup
piled In the form of beef scraps Don't
get cheap scrap. The best balances
the ration SO that you will get the
best possible benefit from the grain
feeds.
We place this in the hopper so the
chicks can help themselves. They do
not eat more than they will need The
feed hoppers should not be allowed
to get wet or the feed is liable to
spoil. Good hoppers and little care
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
A Preaching Cross Restored.

The preaching cross in the village
Of burlington, situated amid romantic
surroundings on the northern side of
the Mendip hills, has, by the generos-
ity of Col. Evan H. Llewellyn, been
restored. 1t is recorded that early IN
1906 the handsome fifteenth century
base of the cross-all that then re-
manned of twas removed and uu-
lized in building a new house for the
then parish clerk. Happily, the orna-
mental dial stone did not share the
same fate, and this has been incor-
porated into its original position IN
the new cross. Three broad and mas
sive steps carry the old socket upon
which rests q tall monolith shaft,
which Is crowned by one of those
lantern-shaped canopies SO peculiar 10
the west country.-From the London
Standard.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
CHICKEN FEED ESSENTIAL
FOR ULTIMATE SUCCESS
Hopper Feeding Practically All
of Feed IS in Dry Form-Best Feeds
Always Cheapest

DDS is to sprout It. A pail of oats is
covered with water and allowed to
soak about twelve hours. In winter
we use water which is heated and
just cool enough that you can bear
your hand in It; in summer. cold
water After soaking, the oats are
poured out into trays two feet wide
and three feet long and two inches
deep. The bottoms of these trays are
made of galvanized one-fourthinch-
mesh wire screen. We start buck
etful of the oats everyday piling the
trays on top of each other until we
have four or five.
Meanwhile we must thoroughly stir
the oats in each tray every day and
wet with water. The oats will, no
doubt, heat some; and this makes
them sprout fast, but II they have a
tendency to get too hot, cold water
could be used to keep them cool. BY
the fourth or fifth day the sprouts are
perhaps one-half to one inch long,
For summer feeding when the stock
can get plenty of grass they will eat
the oats readily at this stage and II
is as good a growing feed as can be
obtained The sprouts are very good
for early chicks that can get no grass
In feeding for growth and early de
velopment, remember that the best
feeds are the cheapest. and that plenty
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
Brief All Around.

A young woman from the east, who
married a Seattle man, recently had
q novel experience when she engaged
her first Chinese cook.
What's your name?" she asked
when the preliminaries had been set
tied.
MY name Hong Long Loo" said
the Celestial, with much gravity.
And I am Mrs. Harrington Richard
Buckingham" said his employer. Il
am afraid l shall never be able to re-
member your name-it's SO long.
shall call you John"
"All light" returned the Chinese,
with suspicion of smile "Your
nance too longee, too. ! call you
Charles."-Harper's Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
Our Doctors.

"The late Count Tolstoi Ioathed
physicians" said, at dinner In Wash
ington, a Russian diplomat.
sYou remember how Tolstoi ridi-
culed physicians in War and Peace?
Well, heard him ridicule three of
them to their faces over vegetarian
dinner at Yasnaya Polyana.
Physicians, he said bitterly, look
ing up from a plate of lentils, may be
divided into two classes-the radicals,
who kill you, and the conservatives,
who let you die"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21

will prevent this. The feed Is always
clean and there is always feed ready
when the chick Is hungry. How
much better than for the chicks to
60 around half starved for several
hours and then when feed is finally
thrown out to them they will gorge
themselves.
We have often been able to get
from the baker a lot Of stale bread
(not moldy). This bread usually sells
at half price or less and is about as
cheap as the commercial chick feeds.
pound for pound. This bread is
soaked in milk and then squeezed out
dry and fed to the chicks every day
or two as an extra feed. 1t ia one
Of the best growers one can get.
1t does not pay to feed cheap feeds
or sparingly If one wants to make
good profit out of their poultry. 1t
Is mistake to think that poultry can
pick up its own living during the
early spring months unless one has
a very small drove. II they have
to feed to go to when they fail to
find plenty by foraging they will gain
In size much faster.
AS the chick grows in size the larg-
er size OF chick feed is used. Along
about harvest time we begin to place
wheat, whole or cracked. In one sec
ton of the hopper; in another. crack
ed corn, in other sections, beef
scraps, oyster shells, charcoal tchick
size), and a dry mash composed OF
equal parts of bran, middlings and
ground oats.
Oats is one OF the best feeds ons
can give chicks for growth. but It is
hard to get in suitable form for feed
ing to poultry. One Of the best meth
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
Customers for Earmers.

1t pays to go down to the city and
work up trade for the farm produce,
Hunt up customers for the butter,
eggs. apples. potatoes. cabbage and all
such stuff Have a regular market
day when you can always be found
there. Folks will expect you and de-
pend on you. They will pay you cash
and as good prices as they would have
to pay at the store, because they get
better weight and measure and fresh
er produce.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-04-21
Food for Poultry.

Every month during the winter sea
son the poultry building should be we'll
supplied with clean straw. leaves or
litter OF some kind, into which the
feed is thrown in the morning to keep
the hens busy.
The fowls will need plenty of green
stun from now until grass comes-cel-
cry tops. cabbage. cut clover or ground
alfalfa,
They must have some meat substi-
tute. for the worms and bugs which
they will get on the range later-beef
scraps, green cut bone or meat meal.