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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
DID NOT LIKE BRIDGE
PLAIN SPOKEN GUEST TOLD WHY
HE OBJECTED TO 1T.
MoiIycoddle Talk ard Stereotyped
Plffle Demanded BY the Rules
Too Much For Him.

A certain large-featured, firm-jawed
man, with views on things, was I'm
vited out" the other evening, along
with his wife.
After the hostess had seen to it that
her guests were all we'll, enough fed
that they wouldn't have any kick COM
ing, they all crumpled up their nap
kins and filed into the front room.
They had been seated for about
spacious plush or leather chairs and
the more ponderous men in the party
on delicate little gilt chairs out of a
childs playhouse settle hostess an
nounced beamingly that they would
have some bridge" Whereupon she,
assisted by her husband. docile
looking little party, began to get out
couple Of card tables.
We've just enough for two tables"
the hostess twittered on pleasantly.
Il wonder which of you are the best
players?"
The frm-jawed man had been
watching these moves with patient
resignation.
Pardon me If I seem to be casting
a wet blanket on the card feature of
the evenings entertainment" he put
in casually, at this juncture, "but
don't play that bridge game"
"Wh-a-a-t! You don't play bridget"
exclaimed hostess and the rest of the
guests in unison-just as they might
have said: "And you never eat
food!"
Nope" repeated the firm-jawed
man. II never learned the game"
ooh, well, but we can soon teach
YOU"
mo, l thank you. The fact is
don't care to learn-again begging
your pardon for spelling your plans.
You know, l never could stand for the
game on account of the mollycoddle-
ish talk 1 hear 'em getting off when
they're at it-'Pray do and lot more
stereotyped, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
piffle expressions. So that let's me
out. I won't play any game where
you have to say things just the way
some fellow tells you to in bank. I'd
just as soon play the old reliable safe
and sane croquet or parchesi. If you
want to sit in little game of seven-up
or nosey poker, or some other good
old-fashioned card game suitable for
playing anywhere from parlor to a
haymow, I'll go you, but I'll have to
ask you to cancel any dates for me on
the bridge proposition
Whereupon everybody glared at him
the rest of the evening for speaking
his mind so freely, and regarded him
as an altogether impossible" per-
son.
But he did not mind. For he was
rewarded with the clear conscience
that goes with having stood by ones
convictions.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
Cynical Clrcassia.

Justice Levenson of Baltimore re-
Gently raised the alimony rate in his
court on account of the high cost of
living.
In a discussion of this wise action,
the justice said:
1.-The women OF the land will thank
me. but the men-at least those men
who have marital troubles-will de-
velop cynicism equal to the Circas-
sian proverbs.
There's a cynical Circassian prov
arb about marriage that says:
"The next best thing to no wife is
a good wife"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

Lapland, In Siberia and in China,
where a few black diamonds have
been found. Europe has produced
very few Of the brilliant stones.
In North America small stones have
been found in alluvial deposits, most
ly auriferous, in Georgia, North and
South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Wisconsin, California, Oregon, In
diana and Arkansas.
Small Ones Found In Arkansas.
Localities have been determined in
Arkansas which in 1911 yielded %
carats per 100 loads of 16 cubic feet
output. This production, according to
the form adopted in the African re-
ports CO.'S carat per load, IS the
same as that of the Kimberley mine,
but the diamonds are small. One.
however, was found which weighed
eight and one-eighth carats, fine
stone, and others have been report
ed found which weighed two carats.
In Jefferson county, Illinois, near
Ashley, several stones have been
found, the largest of which weighed
four carats.
Particular interest has been evinced
by American experts in the diamonds
found in Wisconsin, Michigan and
Ohio near the Great Lakes, for in
each case they were found in the gla-
cial drift along the line of the ter
minal moraine supposed to have
spread southwark from the region of
Hudson bay.
Generally speaking, however, out
side of the mines in South Africa, Bra
I'll, India and Borneo. diamonds may
be said SO far to merely occasionally
occur In the rest of the world. Hence
the interest in the recent discoveries
in the Belgian Congo.
OF the great diamonds, the Cullinen.
picked up in the Transvaal In 1905,
was the wonder of the world. 1t
weighed 3,025h carats, was bought by
the Transvaal government for $1,000
900, and presented to King Edward
VII. 1t was cut in 1908 into nine
stones and 96 smaller brilliants. The
two largest stones thus created are
the largest in existence. They weigh
respectively in carats 516h and
800 SIG.
Others are the Nizam Of Hyderabad,
279 carats, owned by the rajah Of
Wattam and valued at $1,500,0OO.
The Orloff, 1914 carats, valued at
81 10000 and serving as an orna-
ment in the scepter of the Russian en-
peror.
The Dorya-i-nur and Taj-e-mah, 1856
and 146 carats, respectively, are the
property of the shah Of Persia
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
Scotch Query.

A bluff. consequential gentleman
from the south, with more beef on his
bones than brain in his head, riding
along the Hamilton road, near tc
Blantyre, asked a herdbey on the
roadside, in a tone and manner evil
IDENTIFY meant to quiz, If he were half
way to Hamilton?" Man." replied the
boy, II wad need to ken whar We hae
come frae, afore ! could answer your
question. "-Exchange.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
Hard to See Under Water.

There is no scientific instrument OF
the scope" character which enables
one to see down to so or 60 feet under
water. When the sun shines vertical
ly over water, a box or bucket with a
glass bottom Is often used to look
into the water. A cloth covering to
exclude light from the box or bucket
Is sometimes employed But without
electric or some other light in the wa
ter these devices are not very salts
factory.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
Enulish Stump Speech.

A correspondent, "Old Briney,"
sends us the following specimen Of
frenzied stump oratory: "Feller
blokes! Thanks ter tn guv'ment, Yer
got yer d'minishin' wage, and yer lit
tie loaf, an all that. Wotcher got
ter do now Is ter go fer devil-ootion
and local anatomy, an go it blind!"
cloud cheers. )-London Globe.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

Newest diamond field discov-
cred in kasai River district, Bel
CLAN Congo, West Africa, 1900
miles north Of the Kimberley
mines.
The mines of the South A.
rican Union, notably the De
Beers group at Kimberley, South
Africa, furnish 95 per cent. Of
the worlds diamond supply.
Their annual output is about
$44,ooo,ooo.
Since their discovery In 1867
they have added to the worlds
wealth $500, ooo, 900.
The remaining 5 per cent. Of
the worlds supply comes from
india, Brazil, Borneo and Aus
traIla.
There are many diamond oc-
currences In the United States,
but none so far Of commercial
consequence.
The culLinan, found in the
Transvaal in 1905, weighed
3,o253s carats and was the great
est ever discovered. Two of the
1O5 stoned cut from it, 516Ia and
800 3-16 carats, are the largest
in existence.
The Tiffany diamond, 1855
carats, Is the largest In the
United States.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
lust Like Other Men.

Most surgeons simply go way up In
the air when one OF the worlds great
ones is stricken. When Sir Frederic
Treves was called to operate on King
Edward he split bin open as non.
chalantly as If the king had been an
apple or a watermelon.-New York
Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
House plans important.

The care in the home and all other
forms of household work are greatly
facilitated by right planning and the
use of suitable materials for the
construction and furnishing of the
home. An adequate and convenient
water supply and other conveniences
are essential. not only for comfort
and for saving labor, but also from
the standpoint of home hygiene.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

plaster of Neighbor Du Toit's hut an
S3-carat diamond which sold for $685.
900. That stone Is now famous as the
Star of South Africa"
That was the beginning OF the De
Beers group Of mines, which. with 9TH
ers in the South African Union in the
immediate vicinity, furnish the world
today with 95 per cent of It's dia-
monds.
The De Beers group in Griqua Land
West, South Africa, embracing an
area little more than three miles in
diameter, consists of five mines, and
Is by far the greatest producer, as in
dicated in the returns for 1911 Of the
South African Union, as follows:
De Beers, 1,924,225 carats. valued at
$24, $780, 30.
Premier, 1.774,206 carats, valued at
s7169,S5O.
Jagersfontein, 33S,S31 carats. valued
at $4.96S,S95.
Koffyfontein, 1888 carats. valued
at $1.473,165.
Others, including the voorspoed.
will bring the product Of the Union
mines to 4,S91,99S carats, valued at
$43. T43,620.%
From the De Beers Camp.
The total output to 1911 of the De
Beers group. the mines in the South
African union and other German
Southwest Africa may be placed in
value at $500. 900, and this amount
may be doubled again by the cost of
cutting and other expenses.
In the De Beers group the greatest
depth. 1901 feet. has been reached in
the main rock shaft of the Kimberley
mine. The highest level, 46S feet, Is
in the Du Toit
SIG loads of material have been taken
from the De Beers group alone. This
would make mass 500 feet square
and $3.50 feet high. Yet the dia-
monds taken from this blue ground
could be packed in a case five feet
square and four feet high. They
would weigh 26,967 pounds troy, and
would be valued at s405.00O,000.
1t may be said in this connection
that a brilliant cut diamond weighing
one, carat is worth 1000 times Its
weight in gold. and this value in
creases with size.
The mines in German Southwest Al
RIGA produced in 1911 1886 carats.
valued at $5.325,000.
Other tabulated returns for 1911 in
clude $500 carats from the diggings
on Gwyder river near Inverell, Aus
tralia, and 3.025 carats from British
Guinea.
No official returns have been pub
ushed of the yields from Borneo or
from the Brazilian mines at Minas
Geraes and Bahia, but they have been
thrown in the shade by the South At
rican production, just as the Indian
mines. so far as the worlds supply is
concerned, may be said to be ex-
tinct.
AS to other parts of the woSlc, d.
amond occurrences have been merely
reported In the Ural mountains, In
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

A woman Is always trying to Inn
press upon her husband that she isn't
feeling as we'll as she ought to.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the guras, reduces inhamms
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c bottlel
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
chanued Its Species.

Wasn't the forbidden fruit All ap
ple?"
Yes, but at the time Eve handed
1t to Adam, 1t was a lemon"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

Some folks calculate to get on in
the world upon the shoulders of other
people.-Christian Herald
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
Really a Small Matter.

Have you anything against Tim
pers?"
Nothing more than the fact that he
makes film a word of two syllables.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

Does a woman feel glad or sorry
when she cries at wedding?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

CURES BURNS AND CUTS.
Coles Carbosalve stops the pain instantly.
Cures quick No scar All druggists. rs and SOC. Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15

A voice used too much In scolding
Is not good to sing with.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
TIRED BLOOD
LOWERS VITALITY

Copyright 1919 by the Tonitives Coz
Nutriment and Oxygen absorbed by
the blood from the food we eat, and
the air we breathe feeding the living
cells, produces vitality. When the
blood is tired, it fails to provide these
elements in sufficient quantities. and
we suffer froC. Lack Of Strength, Lack
of Endurance, Broken Down Constitu-
ton, Worried or Depressed State or
Mind, etc. in order to maintain vital
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-15
important 70 EHothers
Its Kind.

TIS NTNUs
What is a voice from the tombs
like?"
1T must be a skeletons articula
ton"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
BABY new RULER
IN j. 6. EMBASSY
Diplomats Celebrate in Honor
of Son of Secretary of the
Paris Legation.

PARIS, Dec. 13-Not since the time be-
yond which memory does not extend
nave there been such harmless high jinks
and hearty congratulations at the Ameri-
can embassy because of the birth of a son
TO Mrs. Warren d. Robbins wife of third
secretary of the embassy. Although Mr.
Robbins has been here not quite two
years, he and Mrs. Robbins are very pop
ular in society which fact would not
however, explain the official jolification
since the appearance on this planet of
Baby Edward"
Behind the celebration is the sterling
fact that Edward is the first embassy
baby ever born here. At least, venerable
Henri Vignaud, who took part in the
celebration and whose memory of the
embassy covers more than half century,
can not recall similar event
When the baby was born a certain Of
fetal formality had to be preserved to
prevent his being a Frenchman In other
words, he had to be inscribed at the en-
bassy, which is, of course, American ter
ritory. The master of ceremonies on this
occasion was Major Bentley Mott, the
military attache who has the reputation
of being the most fashionable bachelor in
Paris. He was ably sustained by Secre-
tary Bliss and Naval Attache Hough.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
IN SCHOOL
RELATED BY A MOTHER

COLUMBUS, OHIO. Dec. PA story
of cruelty, horrifying in it's details, will
be told Governor Harmon by Bellaire
woman who has a son at the Lancaster
Reform school, according to the wom-
ans lawyer, who came here in the wom-
ans behalf She declared she would go
over the head of the state board of ad-
ministration and file charges against
the institutions management with the
governor She promised to tell of a
child whose back was dashed and CASH
ed with an instrument Of torture until
it was a mass of dried and clotted
blood; of young boys who after few
hours treatment" in the correctional
cottage, staggered away unable to walk
straight. and of filthy food fed the in
mates.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
STREETS REFORM
HINTSTOCOUNCIL
Committee Urges Construction
Inspector, Assistant Chief
and other Changes.

Councils special committee on the
.,organization of the city construction
,,-,5rtrnent virtually has agreed upon
&c commentators. Councilman
lbor1as w. Smith, the chairman, said
..sa,. the report would be submitted
~ oa,,ncil Monday, urging the following
changes
Tnat there should be an inspector,
...YAed as an ex pert. IN charge of all
construction inspections.
That there should be an assistant
,5ief Of construction in charge of all
routine work in the office,
"Kick" Bureau Urged.
7,ba+ there should be a complaint and
information bureau.
That the chief of construction should
h,ve more authority over contractors;
hat more stringent bonds should be
roo,,irpd. and that every contractor
ssould be forced to live up to the speci-
feations.
Thai convicts and stone should be
+r,nsported by trolley cars instead of
by wagons
Same Of the members of council are
discouraged by the task of trying to re-
organize the construction department.
Improvement Expected.
They say that the operation of the
denartment is the duty of Chief of
Construction Clayton and that if he
does not care to run the department on
q systematic plan council hasn't suffi-
Gent authority in the matter
But the members of the special com
nittee expect a marked Improvement in
the work of the department next year.
Council has the right to approve or dis
approve the appointments of all subor-
dinates in the department.
Alderman James R. Nutting suggest
Cd that the chairman of the streets
committee be paid a special salary.
The report of the municipal expert on
this department has not been received.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
OFFER S18,OOO,OOO FOR
EXCLUSIVE HOME SITE

Los ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 10
Eighteen million dollars has been Of
fered by a syndicate of New York mil
Honaires for a tract of 5000 acres ad-
Joining the city On the southwest be-
longing to the Los Angeles Investment
Company The syndicate includes An
drew Carnegie, H. C. Prick, E. H. Gary
and Charles M. Schwab. 1t is planned
to develop the property as a great pri-
Vate residential park of exclusive char
acter. The negotiations have been on
several months Three thousand per
acre, the price fixed by the owners, has
finally beet met and the deal will I'M
doubtedly be closed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
You May Have Often Enved the Hearty
Eater! Why Not Emulate Him?

Eater! Why Not Emulate Him?
Thousands of people have learned so
we'll how sure and dependable Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets are for all stomach
ills that they now eat anything they
want without fear of distress. They
are never without a package at home
and at the office, and upon any indica-
ton that the stomach is a little weary,
they take a Stuart's Tablet after each
meal for a few days until the digestive
organs get rested up again,
This is a splendid plan to follow and
always results in much good. The ap
petite is improved, the food is renshed
more, your sleep is more refreshing,
and your disposition will make you
friends instead of enemies.
For Indigestion, Sour Stomach,
Belching. Gas, Coated Tongue, Intes-
final Indigestion and all Stomach Dis
orders and Pains-or for Loss Of appe-
tite-Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are in
valuable.
Use them freely-they are as harm
less as sugar would be--and are not to
be classed as medicine" They have
no effect whatever on the system ex-
cept the benefits they bring you through
the proper digestion of your food,
All drug stores sell Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets. The price is 30 cents per box.
(AdvtD
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
DIES MONIES PASTORS
AFTER THE TURKEY TROT

DES MONIES. Dec. 12-Turkey trot-
ing in the dark is beyond the limit for
nigh school students, according to the
ministers of Iowa, and an effort will be
made to obtain the passage of law by
me legislature. which convenes next
month to forbid any dances in public
schools. The project is fathered by the
ministerial association of Council
Bluffs. Pupils of one high school in the
STATE actually danced the turkey trot
win the lights extinguished, the pas
tors say.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
Eat Anything
Without Fear
Tightness of the Stomach Caused
by Undigested Food Stopped
with a Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablet.

When you feel as if your stomach
was being tightly choked-when the
pain is intense and you break out in
cold and clammy perspiration and
there is a lump in your throat and you
are weak and nauseated--all you need
is a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet to clear
away the wrecka'ge of undigested food
left in the stomach and intestines and
restore you to your normal self again.
And this can all be accomplished with
in few moments.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

Overcoats- the very thing-for SIS
} $25.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
BOYS

Childrens Norfolk School Suits,
with bloomer pants 1898 to $3.50.
Complete children's outftting depart
ment.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
JERSEY MAN GIVES WIFE
JUST $50 OUT OF 100000

WESTvILLE, N. J., Dec 19.-The
will of Henry Albright, probated today.
gives his wife $50 out of an estate of
100000, saying she had had enough cash
from him in past years
He also left instructions that his flu
neral must cost less than 500.
Albright came to this place from
Germany poor boy, and accumulated a
fortune in real estate dealings.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
PROHIBITION BILL STARTS
PROTEST AMONG CITIZENS

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA cam
palgn to prevent the passage of the
A7myon bill, prohibiting the shipment
VI liquors into dry states, has been in
surated, and kilograms are pouring
=" upon members of congress from all
sections of the country.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
M ~ 8
DEPART M EMIT

My prices are as low as any cash
prices in town. Compare them
A special sale of Blue Serge Suits
that cost $25 anywhere for $1,000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

A complete line of Mems hobby,
smart Hats in the latest winter styles,
including Stetsons. $1.00 to $500.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
WON EMS
DEPART M EMIT

In quality of goods and style my
clothes are second to none.
81.
Suits in all color S, handsomely trim
med, very stylish. They will delight
you, for $40 to $35.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

a coat or any article of clothing.
The w. A. Day Co. has a complete
stock of men, women and boys
clothing made of the best materi-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

ais, in the latest styles and at the
lowest prices. Compare us with
others. Our clothes and prices are
fiattered by the comparison.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

AS Christmas Gift, nothing
is more useful, appreciative and
sensible than pair of shoes, a hat,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

Other Suits in all colors and fan
cy mixtures, in smart, hobby fall styles
for $40 to $50.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-10-17

likely your mind amt made up yet"
But it is" she Interrupted. 81
wouldn't dare permit myself to care for
you. Happiness, for me, would not lie
that way. like you, Mr. Harnish
and all that, but it can never be more
than that"
TITS because you don't like my way
Of living" he>charged, thinking in his
own mind of the sensational joy-rides
and general profigacy with which the
newspapers had credited him-think-
ing this, and wondering whether or
not, in maiden modcsty, she would
disclaim knowledge Of it.
To his surprise, her answer was fiat
and incorporating.
mo- l don't"
81 know I've been brash on some OF
those rides that got into the papers,
lie began his defence, "and that I've
been travelling with lively crowd"
81 don't mean that" she said,
though I know about IT, too, and
can't say that like it. But 1t is your
life in general, your business There
are women in the world who could
marry a man like you and he happy
but couldn't And the more | cared
for such man, the more unhappy /
should be. You see, my unhappiness,
in turn, would tend to make him I'm
happy. I should make a mistake, and
he would make an equal mistake,
though his would not be so hard on
him because he would still have his
business"
"Businessl" Daylight gasped.
whats wrong with my business? |
play fair and square. There's moth
ing underhand about 1t, which can't
be said Of most businesses, whether of
the big corporations or of the cheat
ing, lying, little corner-grocerymen ]
play the straight rules Of the game,
and I don't have to lie or cheat or
break my word"
Don't you see," he went on, "the
whole game is a gamble Everybody