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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
CAPTAIN KNEW HIS VISITOR
nough Would Be lmperiled by
Presence of Idiot.

The brand-new battleship Of the su-
perdreadnought type had been thrown
open to visitors. Her captain stood
at the gangway receiving his guests,
pride and delight in his magnificent
vessel shining in every liDeament.
Suddenly his gaze concentrated upon
an approaching figure. His face grew
pale to the lips; he shook in every
fiber Controlling his terror by a
mighty effort he turned hastily to his
executive officer.
Clear for action, Mr.. Bloodlet," he
cried. Beat to quarters, Load with
grape. Order the marines to concen-
trate behind me, prepared to repel
boarders.'
aye, aye, sir" responded the Off
Ger promptly, although thoroughly be
wildered.
The blood returned to the captains
face and he regained his composure
as he remarked how quickly his or
der were carried out, and how they
were prepared to meet their formlda-
BILE foe successfully. Then his eyes
again sought the object of his fears.
He was close aboard. Hello, cap'n!
he cried, a vacuous smile playing
about his weak mouth.
Back" shouted the captain stern
ly. Back, or I'll blow you up"
"Say, cap'n, that's what you seem
to be doin'," responded the enemy,
giggling.
Don't you try to set foot on board
my ship" continued the captain vehe'
mently. I'm not going to jeopardize
boat, crew and visitors for your pleas
ure"
ooh, say, cap'n," demonstrated the
enemy with another silly grin, don't
you know me?"
You bet do. You're the idiot that
rocks the boat, and you shall not come
on board mine"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Euus and the Empire.

A writer in London Opinion bewails
the destruction by vigilant pure food
authorities of three and half tons OF
eggs. He thinks a shade of sadness
will invade many heart at this appal
ling waste of valuable material, and
says that had general election of the
antique pattern been a-foot these eggs
would have been valuable. To this he
adds: The majority OF laws on the
statute book of Great Britain and Ire
land have been built on rotten eggs.
They were the most forcible and pun
gent political argument less than half
a century ago. and few orators stand
ing on hastings could withstand their
aromatic appeal. We may swank
about our naval supremacy and dance
f1attering pas seuls of satisfaction be
cause we rule the waves. Your egg
is the true empire builder without
that-aided and abetted by its lifelong
pal the rabbit sLin--the faces OF our
laws and Law books would assume .
completely altered expression"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
CUSS' FOOD
They Thrive on Grape-Nuts.

Healthy babies don't cry ana the
Sell.nourished baby that is fed on
Grape-Nuts is never crying Daoy'
MANY babies who cannot take any
ether food relish the perfect fooa'
Crape-Nuts, and get well.
"Mv baby was given up by three
doctors who said that the condensed
milk on which / had fed her haa
r,;ined the child's mach. one Oh
.ho doctors told me that the only
ching to do would be to try Grape
Nuts so I got some and prepared IL as
follows. I soaked IL tablespoonIuls
IN one pint OF cold water Tor nan al
hour then I strained off the liquid ana
,,,;xed 70 teaspoonfuls of this strained
crane-Nuts Juice with six teaspoonfuis
~ rich milk. put in a pinch of SAL and
a little sugar, warmed II anu gave !"
10 baby every two hours.
"In this simple, easy way saNeu
sahy,s life and have built her up TO
strong. healthy child, rosy and iausn'
.ng The food must certainly De per
<oct IN have such q wonderful! snec'
&C this | can truthfully sar l think
:, 10 the best food in the world TO
raise delicate babies on and is also
deI;cious healthful food for grown-ups
&C We have discovered in our family.
crane-Nuts is equally valuable to the
.,ronx healthy man or, woman ~
stands for the true theory OF nesl.n
"There's a reason" and it is eSpialhea
q aha little book, The Road to Wen
Vile" In pkgs.
rx.r read the above Lottery \ rev
.-renrs from tfme TO time me
are genuine, true ana s0h va
Interest.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
ECZEMA BURNED AND ITCHED

203 Walnut St, Hillsboro, Ill.-"My
child had breaking out on the lower
limbs which developed into eczema.
The eczema began with pimples which
contained yellow corruption and from
the child's clothing they were greatly
irritated. They seemed to burn, which
made the child scratch them, resulting
In a mass of open places. They made
her so cross and fretful that it was
impossible to keep her quiet. They
caused her to lose much sleep and she
was constantly tormented by severe
itching and burning.
81 tried several well-known RENE
dies, but got no relief until I got a
sample of Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment, which did SO much good that l
got large quantity that cured her in
ten days after she had been affected
for two months" (Signed) Mrs. Edith
Schwartz, Feb. 2S, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, witt: 32-p. Skin Book Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
After This He Went,

1t was getting very late, and the
dear girl had smothered yawn after
yawn. Still Mr.. Staylate showed no
signs of going home Father wound
up the clock. Mother let the cat out,
and still he stayed and stayed.
Wont you sing something, Miss
Minnie?" he suddenly asked.
"Why, Mr.. Staylate," she replied,
with another yawn, don't you know
1t is considered unlucky to sing be-
fore breakfast?''
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Recipe for Making Jokes.

There is nothings any easier than
writing jokes. Simply jot down your
ideas for the jokes, say two or three
hundred, on a slip of paper; then seat
yourself before a typewriter. Feed
blank paper into the typewriter and
inject the ideas through your finger
tips into the keys Continue to do
this until all of the ideas on the slip
are exhausted, then gather up the
jokes, which have piled themselves
into a heap on the opposite side of the
typewriter, send them to editors and
receive your checks. A couple Of
hours day spent in this manner
should bring you in revenue enough
to support a wife and nine children,
run a six-cylinder touring car and buy
bonbons for a soul-mate. Try it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Skvscraper Cities.

Opposite the postof1ce, in lower
Broadway, New York city, there has
tust been completed building. 7SO
feet high, which will provide working
quarters for 10000 people. If all the
men and women employed In this one
"skyscraper" should attempt to go
uptown by the subway at the end OF
the day it would take the ten-car ex-
press trains, running at the intervals
now established. Is minutes to haul
them away. Though this happens to
be the highest structure in the city,
there are others nearly as large; it
IS one of the dozens that accommo-
dates 1000 or 5000 people each, and
one of hundreds that accommodate
more than a thousand each. The num-
her of these great buildings is steadily
growing.-World Work.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

news to me. Once or twice he told
me that prisoners had been taken up
to be shot by the dictator's order
and / wondered when it would come
my turn.
Il had lost track of the exact num-
Der Of days I had been in prison
one does sometimes-when one morn
ing the old keeper did not come down
with my pan of food. In his place
came a native girl. | tried to crack a
Spanish joke with her and got mixed,
and finally fell down on it and she
laughed. Man alive, You don't know
what there was in that laugh, 1t was
low and ripping, and-and-" And
George Smith broke off in confusion
and shifted his feet awkwardly on the
brand new red and white rug in the
living room of the George Smith fiat
You see," he explained, 'it had
been the first laugh l had heard in
Venezuela. They didn't laugh in the
revolutionist army, and in the prison
nobody laughed-as long as they
stayed sane. I'm not counting that
other kind of laughter.
so it sounded pretty good and
cheering to me to hear that girl gig
Cling at my bum Spanish. And when
she came the next day | tried pretty
hard for that laugh again, and got it.
After that she always brought my
food down mornings. And in time |
began to think by the taste that |
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

tiers of cells, set of by itself in an
Enclosure surrounded by a low stone
wall There were two sentries on the
outside, but l got by them and out
beyond the city.
81 did not know just where the revo-
lutionary army was, and so | held
northward, travelling mostly at night,
until / reached Cura. There ! got a
mule and continued on long trip to
Orumaco. / thought l would try and
cross the Gulf of Maracaibo, to Mara
caibo itself, but decided it would be
safer for me 10 try to reach TIE Dutch
island of Curacao. Finally l got pass
age, and after several months worked
my way back to Boston.
Once there I tried to get In touch
with the girl who had helped me out
of what l learned afterward would
have been certain death, as one by
one the prisoners were taken up and
shot, and it would have been only a
matter of time till the arrival of my
turn. | wrote letters, but ! did not
know her name, and Of course, as |
should have known, th9y were never
delivered. Two years later when the
trouble was over l made another trip
to Caracas, and tried to find some
trace of her, but with no success. No
one there remembered the names or
whereabouts of former keepers Of the
Caracas prison, and after two weeks
- G,,fi r he
and shipped back to the United States.
Finds Her in New York.
Since then | have worked at engi-
neering jobs in various parts of the
country, and though l never expected
to see her | never forgot that low
laugh in the dark at the dungeon en-
trance 1t was not until three weeks
ago, when | went into store to buy
some handkerchiefs, that froze in my
tracks. There, leaning over the coun-
ter looking at me, was the girl.
She knew me at once, and-she
laughed, just as she had laughed as
she let back the bar at the grill, and
as she stood thus that black tropic
night when she was all that lay be-
tween me and freedom. And-and |
asked her right there, and-well, here
we are"
But there Mrs. Smith took up the
story.
DO you know, she said in good
English, though with soft accent
The did not even know my name.
Imagine asking a girl to marry you
whose name you did not know. But
just the same" she added naively, Il
accepted.
You see," she went ON, after the
overthrow of Castro my father was
forced to leave Caracas, and not long
afterward he died. | had no mother
Arturo" and here Mrs. Smith blushed
would have married mo, but | did not
love him. You know he was the one
the night guard whom 1 sent to the
city stores to bring me some fruit as
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Let Them Wear Them!

It Is observed that one or two taste
full advocates of establishment of the
male dress are writing to the papers
declaring that men should be allowed
by custom to wear not only bracelets,
but earrings, too, If they desire. Well,
who prevents them? They can wear
both IL they wish. They can also do
better and wear nose rings, which
would be a more truly American adorn-
ment, inherited from the real natives
of this country-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

socn as l heard Mr. Smith get through
the hole in the dungeon door.
why did help him to get free? ]
loved him: why should l not?"
She shrugged her shoulders. Il came
to America" she said, land 1 went to
work. See, / have learned much OF
English in the two years | have been
here And now" she glanced with
dark eyes at her husband-'1 am very
happy"
And as she laughed that low, whis-
per.ng little laugh, it was not hard for
the reporter to see in the thick dark
of tropical night g. tall man emery.
ing from an underground passageway
and bending swiftly over sentry in
skirts who held up a mouth to meet
him
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

away, sent him on some fools errand,
herself promising to hold his watch
until he returned. And with the way
of men when women speak, he had
taken the risk Then | bent down,
and-and-" again Mr.. Smith stumbled
in embarrassment, but Mrs Smith.
with that quaint accent of her race,
shouldered the burden for him
Kissed me-" said Mrs. Smith, simply.
Yes Mr. Smith admitted. and I'll
never forget it" with another redden-
ing of the temples. and then / started
to ger clear OF the rest Of the prison.
The section where / had been con-
fined was separate from the main
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Didn't Know Where to Stop.

THE great men are all dead" she
said, with evident regret.
But the beautiful women are not, "
he replied, looking earnestly at her.
"Of course" she added. after mo-
ment's reflection, Il always except
present company"
$50 do l." he said.
Then she asked if he would be good
enough to conduct her to her husband.
Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
ChahnQ Hives.

This troublesome skin affection is
difficult to diagnose at the outset. Be
on the safe side, therefore, and when
ever the skin is irritated use Tyree's
Antiseptic Powder Immediately and
avoid further trouble. 25c. at druggists.
Sample sent free by J. 8. Tyree,
Chemist, Washington, d. C.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
SiCns.

Billy-Do you believe In signs?
Milly-Yes, indeed.
Billy-Well, last night I dreamed
you were madly in love with me.
What is that a sign Of?
Milly-That's a sign you were
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
ROMANCE BEGINS
IN CARACAS; ENDS
IN OLD NEW YORK
Metropolis Has Real Soldier of
Fortune, and He Married
the Girl to Whom He
Owes His Life.
HERE is ONE OF FEW
WHO ESCAPED CASTRO

Recent Wedding of Prospector and
Pretty Spanish SaIessiri Revealed
Charming Love Story That Had Its
inception in Venezuela and Ends in
Fourroom Flat on the West Side
of tho Big Eastern City.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Youthful Shaver.

A case of "precocious violence" is
reported from Newark, N. j., where a
twenty-months-old infant, supposed to
have been jealous of his baby sister,
two days old, struck the baby blow
with his fist and injured her fatally.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
New Sources of Electric Eneroy.

An English electrical experimenteh
J. A. Harker, has made the announce
ment that when two highly heated car
bon electrodes are placed in the fur
mace at points of relatively different
temperature flow of electric emery
may be detected.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Smile Charms Him.

oLAiI Ce1NCA
Smile Charms Him.
II learned she was the daughter of
the sentry up above. And the damp
ness Of the dungeon made him cough,
so that was why he sent her down in
his stead. And one little thing led to
another, and-you know how it is
with a girl, even when you're in
prison and wondering if you're to be
led up to be shot that day or the next
morning.
Il shall never forget how 1t hap
pened. Lord, it was hot that day!
She brought in the pan of food and
she opened the grill in the door, and
then she forgot to slide back the
bar, and giggled. Tomorrow she
said in Spanish, the rats will eat your
dinner And then, before / could
speak, she was gone.
We'll, all that day / waited. The
old keeper had let her come down
with the food because he thought the
grill was too small for a man to go
through. If it hadn't been he would
have not dared, fearing | might dash
through as she opened it to admit
the pan. And he wasn't far wrong.
When night came, hot and sitting and
black as those southern nights can
be, l started through the grill and
stuck half way. For an hour / worked
back and forth, twisting and turning,
and then, with the flesh rubbed off
in places and the blood running down
inside my clothes and my head burst
ing in the heat, l slipped through with
a jerk and was clear.
Il went up the incline on hands
and knees. | knew the night sentry
would be on duty. The girl had told
me he was a young man. l had
thought she had turned crimson, but
] wasn't sure in the darkness outside
the dungeon door. If it had been the
old fellow, her father, I would not
have worried II would have been
| easy to shut off his wind, butt was
young man.
Helps Him to Freedom.
81 came level with the surface of
the earth. There he was, not five feet
distant, looking at me. He moved
swiftly toward me and l gathered my
self for a desperate leap for his throat.
And-my heart stopped. Through the
darkness low and muffled came the
sound of a musical little laugh.
1T came to me in an instant then.
And | knew that that blush of hers
| had been real. She had lured him
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Not Goinc to Waste Ii,

Young Man Whispering to jew
eler)-That engagement ring l bought
of you yesterday
Jeweler-What's the matter with it?
Didn't it fit?
Young Man (cautiously)-'Sh 1t
didn't have a chance. Gimme studs
for it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Mean Hint

THAT was a strong scene, my dear;
Ut nearly took my breath away"
L noticed your breath was still
stronger, dear"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

George Morrow Smith, white, thirty
One, prospector, New York city, etc.
Maria Riolda, white, twenty-seven,
sales girl, Venezuela, etc.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

~HAC'S the way it appears on the
D marriage license record at city
hall, New York. And at first
glance you would have a hard
time imagining a real, dyed in the
wool, soldier-of-fortune, heroic-maiden
romance behind the wedlock Of George
Smith, prospector, and Maria Riolda,
salesgiri. But, have patience,
The George Smiths-yes, Maria's
Mrs. George now-live in a four-room
fiat on the lower west side, happy,
contented, comfortable, quite settled
after two weeks of matrimony.
George, though he still gives his oc-
cupation as prospector, Is just now
working as a draughtsman in an en-
gineer's office. But it's not with the
domestic affairs of the GeoRge Smiths
that this story deals. It's with the
pre-nupttals, decidedly speaking, and
those began in Caracas, Venezuela,
just before the overthrow of Cipriano
Castro by the revolutionists almost
five years ago.
George Smith told a clerk in the
marriage license bureau something
about it two weeks ago when he and
Maria filled in their application blank,
which was the first step toward be-
coming Mr. and Mrs. George Smith,
and the clerk had a good memory.
And here 1t is as George Smith told
it, with the help of Mrs. George.
Captured and Jailed.
Il sailed for South America from
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
seething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
saon, allays pain cures wind collie 2Sc bottle.D~
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

The world owes q great deal TO
medical scisses."
And 1t VIII be the last debt paid"
declared the Doctor somewhat bit
erly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
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Solution.

THAT young man has been sowing
his wild oats"
Then no wonder he looks seedy."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

Woman is the salvation or the de-
struction of the family.-Henri Fred
eric Amiel
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

might be a chance for some fun. The
revolutionists were raising rough
house and Castro seemed to be on
his last legs. Some of us made mis-
take about Castro, though; you could
never tell when he was on his last
legs.
Il made up my mind to that after l
had joined the rebels a little while
and had been captured outside of
Caracas.
With batch of Spanish-talking
Venezuelans, they hustled me into the
city and threw us into prison. 1
think they picked out the deepest
dirtiest pen they had for me. 1t was
a single affair. with no windows, and
the entrance through an iron grated
door. Luckily 1t was too dark to see
the food l was eating, and in time a
fellows taste gets dulled. so l man
aged to live.
THE hole they kept me in was
reached by a long, slanting hall that
ran to the upper ground outside the
city prison, in which were confined
most of the prisoners teEeR<by the
government At the top of the run
way there was a sentry, but there was
none at the door. They couldn't
stand it down there.
After a while I found out that the
sentry above was one of the regular
prison keepers, and not one of Cas-
tros paid soldiers. He used to bring
my food and water to me once a day
and shove 1t through a sort Of grill
In the bottom of the cell door, which
was battened on the outside with a
bar The grill was about II inches
square. and spent long time trying
to get at the outside bar to slide It
back. Could do that, often thought.
could work myself through the open
ing and have a chance to get free.
Bat 1t wasn't any use.
captor leases Prisoner.
Sometimes when the man came
down with my food I'd ask him in
Spanish, Of which I'd picked up a lit
tie. what was the news above ground,
and he'd tell me how many rebels had
been killed that day by the govern
ment troops. II seemed to please him
a lot. for the reason. | guess. that he
believed il would be disheartening
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
Sarcastic

Does your landlady allow you to
smoker"
NO; only the stove does that"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11
frnnrfanr

important 20 Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle ol
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy fo1
infants and children, and see that Il
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-07-11

Il sailed for South America from
New York because. ! thought there