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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

carry just enough weight so 1t viii
smooth the surface and fill the ruts
without clogging the drag with an &C
emulation of mud before It, 1t should
iron out and smooth the road with
out disturbing more than surfsee pro-
jections. Its main use is to fill the
ruts and keep the center of the road to
the proper crown so the water will
readily find its way into the bitches.
The attempt to have the farmers vol
unfairly drag the road by their farms,
or by cooperation have all the roads
dragged, will never work out satisfac-
torily. Some will respond and do their
duty, but the human hog must be
reckoned with-the one who is SUI
premely selfish, and takes pleasure in
overturning the good work of another
sometimes just to be mean-pure cuss-
edness The writer was told of an in
cident that illustrated this perverse-
ness. A coarse grained middle aged
man was heard to say: ''T'other day
was coming back from town and l seen
old man Jones out with a road drag in
the rain-you'd a thought he owned
the road. Say, you ought to a-seen that
road when me and Jake druv over it,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
ALMOST CAPTURED BIG PRIZE
McCurdy Was Within Ten Miles Of
Havana When the Lubricating
Oil Gave Out.

Aboard the Paulding a seaman hav.
ing no glasses at all, shouted:
There he isl"
There he was, two streaks of black
against the sky. He had come over
the slow boats, passed all the destroy.
ers except the Paulding, and was sail
ing surely toward waiting Havana.
with only one destroyer-a mere ten
minutes or so-between. McCurdy's
two mechanicians aboard the Paul
ding began to grin. Make it? OF
course he would! Everything was EVIL
IDENTIFY working we'll; and ten minutes
only ten minutes-would see the
man landed safely in Havana, with
the big prize to his credit. McCurdy
was coming strong. Every moment
he was growing blacker and bigger
against the sky.
The Cuban coast-the smoke of the
city was within sight.
And then
My God" somebody said, he's
fallen"
This was true. The man had
fallen. There was no bird-like speck
in the sky. The man had fallen. The
Paulding was already turning, at 20
knots, to pick him up; and the Terry
was steaming straight on for the
same purpose. There had been an &C
cident; the nubricating oil had slipped
away and the engine was burning to
pieces. There was nothing for it but
to descend; and this McCurdy did de-
liberately, waiting patiently, as he
stood on the seat of the airship, for
rescue. When boat from the Terry
picked him up-the Paulding was only
a moment later-he said:
Dashed hard luokl Why, l could
see Havana!"
He was only ten miles off.
Dashed Hard lucki" he repeated.
He hadn't wet his feet-Norman
Duncan, in Harper's Weekly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
COMES A TIME
when Coffee Shows What 1t Has Been
Doing.

"Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me-" writes q matron from Rome,
n. Y.
Its highest punishment being to
make me logy' and dizzy, and 1t seem
ed to thicken up my blood.
THE heaviest was when 1t upset my
stomach completely, destroying my APP
petite and making me nervous and IT.
ritable. and sent me to my bed. After
one of these attacks, in which nearly
lost nv life, l concluded to quit the
coffee and try Postum.
TT went right to the spot! L found
Il not only a most palatable and re-
freshing beverage, but food as well.
"AlI my ailments, the Ioginess' ana
dizziness. the unsatisfactory condluon
of nv blood, my nervousness and 1rri-
liability disappeared in short order
and my sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. l began to rebuild
and have steadily continued until now.
Have a good appetite and am rejoicing
in sound health which owe to the use
of Postum" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little Book THE Road TO
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's reason
Exer read the above letter? A new
one aupears from time to time. Ines
are genuine, true, and FUN OF nu"AA
interest.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
POOR RETURN FOR CHIVALRY
Incident That Probably Has Forever
Discouraged kind-Hearted
Mr.. Jones.

Chivalrous Mr.. Jones purposely
dropped a fifty-cent piece at the foot
of a poorly dressed woman who
passed through the Subway turnstile
loudly lamenting that the ticket agent
had cheated her out of half dollar,
then he picked the money up and
gave it to her
Excuse me, madame" said Mr..
Jones, Il think you dropped this"
''Oh, no." she said. 1T can't be
mine. Perhaps you dropped it, your
self"
"Oh, no." said Mr.. Jones. ut is
yours, am sure. l picked it up just
as you passed.
She took the money, and hurried
after another man who had passed at
the time the money dropped.
Excuse me, sir" she said, Il think
you lost this"
Thanks" said the other man, and
Jumped aboard a train that was ready
to start.
y" said chivalrous Mr..
Jones.-New York Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
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s ness. '''i' Or A'f'
To do this the road must have
hard, smooth surface and offer the
minimum NJ resistance. This requires
the surface to be ''metaled," as the
English say, /. e., covered with gravel,
broken stone or an equivalent.
An earth road may be an excellent
one today and tomorrow a very bad
one. 1t may be delight in June and
a fright in March. Such roads have
the virtues of balky horse-they are
liable to fail when most wanted With
a stone or gravel road, leading from
the farm, should a heavy rain occur in
the busy season, when for a day or so
it is too wet to go into the field, the
errands to town may be done, sew
eral loads of grain or hogs taken to
market, and the time well employed.
With the average earth roads, when
the fields are too wet to work, the
roads are too muddy to travel Hence,
the writer holds to the opinion above
expressed, that no earth road is en-
so much of the time it is positively
bad.
The extravagant claims that have
been made for the road drag are really
holding back the building of good
roads. Many have believed that all
that was required to have good roads
was to go up and down a streak of
mud once or twice, say Presto" and
behold, good highway This is sheer
nonsense. The loud acclaim of a
River to River Road" made good in
an hour or SO is myth. This famous
road was greatly improved by the drag
ging, but it is not a good road, and
never will be until it is thoroughly
drained, properly graded and has a
hard, durable wearing surface placed
upon 1t.
1t is human nature to hunt for some
easy, cheap and speedy way to do
things, and usually no sooner has one
discovered how to make some progress
toward a solution, than he announces
a complete revolutionary discovery that
sets aside all experience and prece-
dent, and gains something for nothing.
The split log drag is directly in point.
The people may as well make up
their minds now, as to find out later,
that good roads cost money and lots OF
it, but they are worth many times
their cost and they will pay for them
selves over and over again every dec.
ade. A we'll drained and well built
macadam road with good binder may
cost anywhere from $4,000 to $4,000
per mile, but such a road with mod
crate repairs will last for generations.
Hence the future should bear part OF
the burden. There is only one sensi-
BILE, businesslike way to build good
roads, and that Is, by state aid, where
by the state, preferably from a long
time low rate bond issue, pays part of
the expense, and the township issues
bonds, running from 20 to 80 years, for
its part. In this way all the roads
needed in a township-the main roads
can be improved at once, and the
payments spread over the present and
the coming generations.
By building all at once from ten
to twenty per cent. can be saved in the
cost of the work, and the community
has the roads to use from the start.
OF course interest must be paid on the
bonds, but against this goes the use Of
the roads. If this is not worth more
than the interest it is better not to
build the roads. The road question is
big one and must be handled in
big way.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

ones made by the feet of the horses
When in this condition one or two
round trips with the drag will fill the
ruts and reform the surface and in do.
ing SO will move very little material
The forward movement of the drag
should be at an angle so that when
the material is pushed forward it is
also carried to the center of the road.
The office of public roads will fur,
nish bulletins upon the use Of the
road drag free upon application. Road
officials and others would do we'll to
send for them
A good road is one that is good and
disable 3G5 days in the year; a road
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
Some Contra st.

"Mornin' Sis Judy" called a negh-
boris cook to our good old nanny.
Il heah dat Skeeter Jim is dun got
him a new wife. l hope she leetl fat
tern dat spindlin', no-'count streak-o'-
lean!'
"Fatter n him." nanny replied,
rolling her eyes and clasping her own
fat hands. "Lawsy, chile, day jus lax
a needle an a haystack!"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

no reason why they should not come
into general use.
The problem of supplying prisoners
with work that shall not compete UNI
fairly with free labor is not yet solved
Here, however. is an article that can
be readily made to advantage in the
penitentiary and it would be we'll to
have a few thousand turned out.
The writer desires in the outset to
correct a misconception that seems
quite general, and that is, that the
split log drag is solution of the good
roads problem. It is nothing of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
Jones.-New York Times.
Musical Note.

A music teacher in a New England
school was trying to make the chill
dren in the fourth grade understand
the value of triplet-to get them to
know that three-quarter notes under
a brace were equal to two quarter
notes.
She couldn't make them unde-
stand; and finally, in despair, she
asked: What are three little babies
born all at the same time called?"
"Accidentals!" shouted a small boy,
with a vague remembrance of the les
son of a week before.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

kind 1t has its uses and its limita-
tions. Unfortunately, the man who
made it, and for which the country is
under obligations, overshoots the mark
in his slogan: Good Roads Without
Money" The drag is doing good work
1T is pity the inventor is not salts
fed to put it and leave it where it
belongs.
The drag is not only useful for earth
roads, but serves an excellent purpose
in keeping gravel roads in condition
and it may be used at times on macad-
am roads to advantage.
Dragging should always be done in
or Just following a rain. The surface
should be quite wet The drag should
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
CONVICT LABOR
5fagglng Should Always Be Done
Just After a Rain-Good Road Is
One That Is Good and disable 365
Days in Year.
BY HOWARD n. GROSS.

There is no road implement that will
DO more 10 make bad roads better
than the split log drag, and none that
is so inexpensive. A handy man can
usually get up one at cost Of SO or 81
Better ones can be bought of road
machinery companies for So to SIS
There is no patent on it, so there is
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

You wouldn't s'posed it had ever seen
a drag. Jones was hot when he seen
us coming. He tore around like a
crazy man. We wouldn't row with an
old man, SO we give him the ha! ha!
and went on"
It is no use to drag road and then
cut it up again. Let all such work
as dragging be done and paid for and
make it a heavy fine for any one tc
drive over dragged road until it is
dry enough so It will not cut up.
Gravel roads while new and com
pacing under the traffic show deer
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
important to Mothers
Proqress Of Civilization.
Bears the

Lady-And did you make your con-
gregation give up cannibalism?
Missionary (suppressing a GRIM
Not quite; but after much trouble !
persuaded them to use knives and
forks.-The Throne.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
Quite Literal.

She Qndignantly)-Look at this
piece of goods which has just come out
of the washtub! How could the man
who sold it to me tell me the colors
were fast?
He-I suppose because he knew how
they could run.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
The Ilnattalnahle.

Young Bachelor often wonder II
| am making enough money to get
married on.
Old Benedict-Well, l don't know
how much you're making; but you
ain't!-Puck.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

Before taking the bull by the horns
you should complete satisfactory ar
rangements for letting go at the psy-
Geological moment.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16
SASKATOON'S splendid English-speak.

SASKATOON'S splendid English-speak
ing agricultural community has won phe.
nomenal prosperity from wonderful soil
What are the farmers in your district do
ing? Why not participate in our pros
ability. At any rate, do it for your chill
dren's sake Write for all information to
Commissioner, Board of Trade, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Western Canada.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

The husband of a nagging woman
is apt TO furnish most OF the be-
cause.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

Many self-made men forget to make
themselves agreeable.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

When laxative is needed, take the al
ways potent Garfield Tea. Composed of
Herbs.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-06-16

Death may love a shining mark
but shining marks are scarce
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-23

capital II being used The grocer. "
the banker. or the hardware mer
chant. could possibly make a profit
on his business II be used Only forty
per cent Of his capital And the farm.
or cannot hope to ~ successful In his
operations until he begins 10 make use
Df at least q reasonable proportion OF
his capital No farming business can
be- made successful when only $4,000
u Of a possible $4,000 is belug used
Thcn again beef cattle should be
generally introduced because Of
the good they do IN building w and
maintaining soils. Under the present
system Of cotton farming the soils are
becoming poorer and poorer. with
begin 70 be built up.
A third reason why beef should be
more generally produced In the south,
is that there Is & demand for II. and
the demand should be met In order
that the money be kept NJ home Al
the present time the south produces
but a small proportion Of the meat
that her people consume. Packing
houses are now being built through.
out the south. and good markets are
assured tor the beef animals which
the farmer produces.
Reef cattle are peculiarly suited to
~ into the farming operations 81 the
south. The farms are large. and
many acres ARE not being used be-.
cause OF the lack Of sufficient labor.
A. present there IS no better way to
put the whole farm 10 work than by
introducing beef cattle into the sys.
tenn of farming. They require but a
small amount Of labor co. addition 90
that used upon the average cotton
farm. Tho hog. while be deserves a
prominent place upon almost every
farm, cannot be made 10 use all OF the
large uncultlyutcd areas on the farms,
for he is not strictly "a grazing animal
Many farmers who have the large un
cultivated areas nre not now sufficient
IS skilled in tho handling u live stock
- Introduce sheep or dairy cattle. us
the sheep and dairy business require
more skill than the beef business
Thcn. too. the dairy business requires
an increase IN tho amount Of labor
used upon the farm. and the labor
item Is one that many farmers ar,
trying ~ reduce.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-23
GREAT AID FOR
FARMERS WIFE
Overhead Tank, Made of GaIvan.
izcd Iron, viii be Found
OF Much Conven.
iCnCc.

my MRS joins uPTOS. New York;
The greatest help IN our home Is
an overhead tank made OF galvanized
iron. four feet square. 2 sinchos high,
which ig over the kitchen sink, II
has a pipe running through the door
and all you have TO 60 To- 10 turn the
faucet The tank has an overflow
pipe provided The sink has a cup
board where a great many pans and
kettles can be- stored away
This tank cost s.. pipe, fitting and
faucet $50. waste pipe. $50; total.
SllO0
In the kitchen II also a stool TO sit
on while preparing the vegetables.
ironing. etc. There are plenty OF good
cooking utensils. soap. clean towels
on n towel rack neal the sink.
have two emergency closets. one
for company" the other for sickness.
have one made from an old clock.
| having removed the works and put In
their place some shelves and drawers.
In the medicine cupboard N always
a supply OF absorbent cotton. olive oil.
llsterlne. teroXide. witch hazel. liqi.
meut and good plasters
IN the kitchen is kept = box fast.
ened on the wall with two large
screws IN 10 is canned meat, canned
SOUPS. olives. canned vegetables "A box
of rolled cracker crumbs, several
| kinds of Jelly and anything else which
will serve 90 get q quick meal
The kitchen wood box Is made In
the wall. the wood being put In from
the outside The box has a cushion
top ANA passes for a Landy scat when
% IN use.
The bath room ana sleeping apart.
mcuts are on the FIRST hoor. This
saves the busy 1ma @ great amount
ol time and strength. Let the rooms
boz cheerful and coZy. but cut out the
brIc.Dbrac and things which only
catch the dust and make work
This overhead tank Is placed on the
second floor Zoo % bed room. As II IL
covered with matched lumber Il
serves as au excellent table for this
room. Water !s supplied 20 his tank
from the cave trough which runs into
one corner Of the tank, The overflow
pipe is located on one side OF the tank
aud consists OF q galvanized iron pipe
with q funnel about two inches lower
than the top nj tho tank This runs
through the side 0f the house and has
am elbow then q stralgh, pipe 10 ION.
duct Il to the ground and away from
the house. At the opposite side Of
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-23
CONVENIENCE OF DIVIDING
FALL AND SPRING HOG HERDS
BY This Method Farmer VIII he Able 10 Distribute His
Time Equally, Eeonomize In Room. Sell when
Markets Suit Him And Furnish Customers
Kind Of Pork Desired.

rushed through tho month OF No.
vember. or until conditions are right
for marketing.
Tho clearcst profit ~ made IN ten
months. az which age. the hogs ought
TO average $50 pounds Animals that
get good pasturuRe. and about such a
diet as have described. are pretty
sure 10 escape disease. Il Is essential
To have plenty Of pure water In the
hog lot.
The farm should include three or
four small fields, securely fenced, so
that one Kind Of forage could be
rested while the other was used. Then
again. II the owner detects fever or
other sickness In the herd. II Is easy
TO segregate those animals which are
affected. Prompt action along this
line. may prevent heavy loss
Dipping Is another essential. and as
Il IL neither difficult or expensive. Il
ought to be- attended to. twice each
summer with this kind OF hog farm.
ing. cholera will not be known. aud
the stock will get a steady growth.
from beginning TO end.
II the weather be soyere. when II
comos 10 the last month Of feeding.
the hogs should be kept Ia clean
roomy pens. but even 10 the last day.
they should have some s%ucculent for
eggplant to eat. Glover or alfalfa Ia
suitable for this. and carrots are OK.
ccllent. I'm connection with the corn.
or peas
II Is for the good NJ the animal, and
Of course for the owners pocket, that
q program OF this kind be marked out
Feeding iO.Ccnt corn. for six or eight
months. will not do. Farmers m 81
learn that forage Is natural TO the hog
and that Il will give the growth at a
small cost.
Allowing fun rental value for the
and. the cost Of all food supplies, and
the wage value OF the time taken NJ
I'm the care Of the stock. from the date
Of birth. 10 the marketing 100 hogs
10 months old averaging $50 pounds.
can be- turned on. at a cost not cx.
ccding 500
n may be- done for a little less, but
II II Is 10 be- o business proposition
lot n be- figured as "a business man
would count the expense with care,
ml experimenting aud observation, for
several years. / get no figures very
far from e. for q marketable hog
Weighing $50 pounds
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-23

my DIR r. A GiTCHELi. Virginia.
The orris plant IL "A beautiful lrie
There are OF this species Of plants
500 Varieties. Some Of them bloom
under the snow Some grow IN water
The flowers ~ some Of them yield
an indelible liquid dye Some Of them
have an exquisite perfume when 10
bloom. one Of them IL ia urris plant
It's leaves are long. thing. tough,
wide In the middle. and OF a pale
green color II produces. on each
stem. several sweet and fragrant large
white or blue flowers 10 the early
spring
Tue root. after being dried. posses
res n delicate perfume, which has the
peculiar character Of permanoncy. tho
strength OF the perfume increasing
with age For these the plant Is
grown. Orrir IL the wcrc'al name
for tho dried root perfumors and
manufacturers Of porfumod special.
ties use Il powdered and graduated
AZ the base ~ thoir products
II enters into every face powder.
sachet powder. tooth pow der. violet
powder and every other %perfumod pow.
der II imparts TO the perfume Of
these powders the quality Of perma.
hence.
The n ~ tho foreign orris In.
dustry Is around Florence and Vienna.
In Italy. from whence most OF the
orrls comes.
Like all the varieties Of the iris
family. the roots grow near the sur.
face Of the soil. are tough and touac.
ious, so that the plant Is extremely
hardy and easy Of propagation The
plant Will stand the toughest kind OF
treatment and sin survive
While moisture is good for II. water
standing about the roots causes them
to become soft and rot Manure, or
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-09-23

any moist substance. produces a sim
liar effect, and for tAia reason all
manuring must be- 10 the soil aud be.
fore the planting
When there is q drough' however,
the plant docs not die The roots lie
dormant during the dry src.l, and
when rain comes new shoots suriug
up. AND 10 n short time the plant is
fully revived.
" eds that completely cuyclop cs.
tablishcd plants do but little injury.
because the plant is 4 late .all and
early spring grower.
II grows after the weeds in the
fan have died. ana Is az &, again In
the spring before the weeds appear
In a comparatively mild climate the
tops remain green throughout the en-.
tire winter.
II makes two distinct rrow'hs each
year. sending up new shoots In both
fall and spring. The root formation r.
regular and circular. new shoots and
roots growing iapm me outer rim ms
the plant increases Ia size. and each
N''"' n hl'NNh N'|lNll" hNhN' Ifl 10
the growth Of the previous season.
At the end OF q year the small feed.
ers attaching 10 tho under side of the
roots partial 3 die. and this portion.
after scndiis forth the flower stem.
becomes suitable tor drying
7 not harvested 10 is not lost. rs 10
remains attached 90 the other parts
Of the plant by o small eonnectirg
root
Among the many good points may
be mentioned the following.
II will thrive In the op, field with.
out any protection in winter.
The plant Is not injured boy bugs or
moles: II has no fungous enemies
II will succeed on land too poor 10
produce the standard crops with sue.
cess
Women are fond OF n, and the beau.
~ OF tho plant. especially when In
bloom, gives II IN attraction for per.
sons OF taste and refinement
The orris.plant possesses three
sources OF income for the grower An
acre Is capable OF producing 1000