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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
Floor of the Atlantic.

IL all the hills on the earth were
used to fill in all the valleys we should
have a world as smooth as billiard
ball, completely covered with an ocean
$500 feet deep, the Edinburgh Review
states. That depth is called the mean
sphere level" The Atlantic ocean has
an average depth that differs little
from that level, for, compared with
the other great oceans, 1t has an I'M
usually large area of comparatively
shallow water. First comes the shelf.
like continental SLOPE then follows,
at a much lower level, a vast plain of
a uniform, dull grayish buff color, fiat
and featureless as the desert, unmark-
ed except by an occasional rock or
wreck or recently laid cable. This
plain continues with hardly break
until it reaches the great mid-Atlantic
ridge that extends from Iceland as far
south as SO degrees south latitude and
that roughly bisects the ocean. The
ridge runs almost parallel with the
eastern contour of North and South
AMERICA contour that, in turn, cor
responds roughly with the weston con-
tour of Europe and Africa. Occasion
ally the ridge rises above the surface.
The Azores, st. Pauls rocks, Ascen-
sion island, the Island of Tristan da
Cunha and the Cough islands are all
part of it.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07

foolish female ideas about rainy day.
To hear some women talk rainy
days, you'd think there wasn't ten
hours OF sunshine in the year and the
only sensible thing to do was 20 20
around in bathing suit so as not to
wet your good clothes. But you amt
got no wife. You could just as well
pay an installment or two and have
any old thing you wanted You could
have a photograph or a cooking range
or set Of bedroom furniture or a
cash register or washing machfne or
the Lives and Public Speeches OF the
Vice-Presidents' or q diamond engage
ment ring or an automobile-why,
there amt no limit to what you could
get. All you'd have to do would be to
give me as reference.
PAY? OF course you'd pay when
you can; but fellow can't pay when
he amt got the money. can he? Can't
get blood out of q turnip, can you?
That's reasonable, amt It? Who's 60
ing to make you pay. IL you amt been
foolish enough to save money and put
it where they can get 1t: Let EN-
take judgment! IL they garnishee
your wages, quit the job and get a
better one where you amt known. II
they get after you too hard, 90 bank
rupt and start fresh. By the time
you get old, they'll have old age pen
sions.
mo, Nels, the man who saves mon
ey and keeps out of debt il foolish,
believe me. There amt nothing ahead
Of him but work and nothing behind
him but work. He amt got no pleas
ant recollections nor no joyful antici-
pations. Look at me with seventeen
hundred dollars cold cash in the bank
and not a cent owing and working
like slave the way / do.
"Why do / do it?
you go ask the old woman. Don't
ask me-"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07

saving money and keeping out of debt
out Of your head.
"a man who keeps out of debt and
saves money amt got friend on
earth. He can't afford to have one.
You know what friend is, Nels, don't
you? He's a fellow that comes
around and taps you when he's hard
up. Maybe he'll stand for a touch
when you get in the same fix, but
most generally you just happen to
strike him at the wrong time. Still,
friends are good things to have if you
don't dc too much for them and get
EN- sore on you, and I'd certainly
hate not to have any. You're saving
money, amt you? Sure. / knew you
was, and you don't owe nobody. No,
/ didn't suppose. you did. Well,
leaving me out, who is there that's in
terested in you? Nobody. You pay
cash for everything you get, and con-
sequently it's expected of you, so
that if you stopped doing it nobody
would trust you for a cent. Run
your face, Nels, my friend. Run your
face, and pay little something once
in while, and you can have anything
you want as long as you want it. But
you can't do it in them other clothes
of yours.
''And as long as you're In debt,
you've always got somebody interest
ed in you. If you're out Of a job,
they'll boost you for another one. II
you're sick, they'll see that you don't
die on 'em and leave EN- in the hole.
| got my job here by owing grocery
bill that I wasn't able to pay, and if
the old woman would only see reason,
I'd run twice as big bill and get a
job at double the pay and half the
work.
Here you are plugging along at
fifty a month and saving money on
1t. What's the answer? You're miss
ing all the fun there is going and get
ting into the bad habit of doing with
out unnecessary Injuries. Look at
that there lunch you're eating. Why
don't you go some place where they'll
give you real food? No, not you.
You'd sooner save the money and do
without pie. and some of these fine
days you'll put your wad into bank
and the bandit bust on you. Even
IL that don't happen. you'll get SO that
you won't want 10 spend anything.
and IL you'll tell me what else mon
ey's good for BUT to spend, except In
establishing a credit, I'll tell you
whether the egg or the hen come first
and give you a receipt for whitewash
that won't rub or wash Of
Here you are with steady job
and no wife 10 hold ycu down with
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
Drink in the Old Days.

Authorities in England formerly
took pains that the Londoner should
not miss his full share of ale. In the
sixteenth century, for instance, the
brewer who ceased to brew was faced
with the loss of his business. Thus,
if the mayor got wind of ANY of the
saide brewers, of their frowarde and
,perverse myndes, shall at any time
hereafter sodenly forbeare and abb
steyne from bruyinge, whereby the
kings subjects should be destitute or
unprovided of drynke," he knew ex-
actly what to do. The city council
was empowered to take over the bust
ness as a going concern and to take
measures to see that it was kept
going.
The city then and for centuries
after was all for beer There Is rec
ord of petition of 1873, for instance,
praying that tea, coffee and brandy
be banned. The petitioners reasoned
that the laborers needed good strong
beer and ale" which refreshed their
bodies and neither did them prejudice
nor hindered their work"
Besides, it cost little and was the
product Of homegrown grain, whereas
the new tangled drink was expensive
and destroyed his majesty's subjects,
mot agreeing with their constitution"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07

years of existence? No, you cannot,
for when you hear that those children
of the tenements have on deposit in
the school bank si0,S50.2s. you will
be inclined to laugh. Yet such is the
case.
The matter of school savings banks
originated with ]. II. Thirty OF Long
Island City several years ago. The
state board of education adopted reso-
buttons permitting the establishment
of such institutions where advisable,
and thus. with the way opened. Prfn-
cipal Fruauf started out to make such
a bank reality in his school. The
first thing he did was to appoint DR..
Herman j. Sonnenberg, one OF the
teachers In No. Il. active head and
organizer of the bank. Or. Sonnen-
berg, out OF several schemes that had
been tried. evolved, in February. 1911.
the system that is still in use.
The bank was opened formally on
february 90. thst year. and the first
DAYS deposits showed .ctal OF
sl60.s4. From that time 10 date the
csnk has accumulated deposits that
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
MEN WHO WALK MANY MILES
Accomplish F:eats in Performance OF
Daily Duties and Never
Realize Ii.

Pedestrian Weston has made many
a record for distance walking, and
has been acclaimed king, but it is
certainly a great feat to walk a dis
lance of $4,000 miles and not know
it. There are many men who have ac-
compiished this feat and never real
lied it. This has happened frequently
in the cases of postmen and messen-
gers who have spent their lives in
such occupations. In England there
was postman who when he retired
from active service had covered on
his rounds distance of 100000 miles.
Another postman in Scotland who
had been carrying mail for "a years
had travelled a distance of 10000
miles on foot. Still another POSTWAR
who completed a journey OF $4,000
miles when he had retired after more
than 25 years of service.
1t is astonishing what distances
can be covered by men whose voca-
tons do not necessarily call for foot
travelling. The organist OF church
in small town in England who died
a short time ago had walked $4,000
miles to play his organ every Sun
day He left a record for punctual-
ity, never once being late In 81 years
of service.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
The Temples of karnak.

Of ali the monumental ruins Of the
arcienl world there is probably no one
of more intrinsic interest than Karnak.
town of temples" With history
extending from the first dynasty down
to the Roman occupation of Egypt, it
epitomizes the history of religion for
5000 years, and is quite unique as a
historic document. Since 1895 sys-
tematic excavations have been carried
on there, and now a vast collection
of photographs, and plans, and de-
scriptions lie useless, because unpub-
lished and inaccessible to scholars
and the public. A correspondent of
the London Times calls attention to
the matter, and urges an i'm negotiate
compilation and publication of the
Karnak data. This, he says is what
the archaeological world wants: ID
Complete plans, sections and eleva-
tons of the monument up TO date. CD
Short but complete description with
dates) of the course of the excava-
tons CO. A detailed account of the
temple or Osiris which is unique (4.)
Detailed accounts of objects found -
New York Evening Post.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
Eous and Eneruy.

We of today are more careful OF
the nutritiYe values of our food than
were our ancestors. The stress and
strain OF modern times entail that
duty upon us. Whether we are
healthier or happier is a question.
AS a food eggs have always been
valued. 1t is not generally known
however, that to brain workers and
to those whose work demands con
centration of their thinking powers
there is no bigger nerve-feeder than
the humble egg.
Scientists aver that a chemical sub
stance called lecithin is vitality impo-.
tant to the life of the nerve center
1t is the undue expenditure of this
substance that causes brain-fag and
general nervous collapse.
Many nerve specialists prescribe
lecithin to their patients, the dose
being fifteen grains day in all The
yolk of an average egg contains suf-
ficient nerve tonic to enable the func-
tions of the brain to keep at concert
pitch.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07

beast on. Instead he sat silently and
gazed over the waters. When he
thought enough time had been given
the horse for him to get over his stub
born spell he clicked his tongue. The
horse stood as in trance. The click
ing was repeated at intervals, at each
little more ominous. Finally the
driver addressed the horse: Sam, yo
all knows l done got t. git t. town.
G'long!" But Sam would not go. Nor
did petting stir him.
Sam, you old raskil, hits a gittin'
late" This accompanied by a sharp
slap Of the lines.
Sam stood still stubbornly
Sam, have 20 all forgot dat done
you didn't do no wuk? G'long, ole
skinnenbones"
Sans only answer was to lay his
ears back.
Honey, come on now and go t.
town" No response.
Well, guess hits got t. be DONE"
said the negro, az he reached into a
dilapidated coat pocket and drew forth
a cube of evidently kept there
for just such occasions. He cupped
his hand so that Sam could not get the
sugar, but could smell it. He held it
just beyond the stubborn animals
nose and Sam stretched his lean neck
toward the delicacy. Before the horse
knew it he was in motion after the SUI
gar, which was Just out of his reach.
Then the driver replaced the sugar in
his pocket with q chuckle and climbed
back to his seat, and Sam meandered
toward town, oblivious Of the fact that
he had made up his mind not to go.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
The Basement
Philosopher
(copyisht. a91, by w. C. ch.pman)
BY KENNETH HARRIS

''Nels, my friend" said the janitor
TO his assistant, as the latter entered
the furnace room carrying his dinner
bucket, "Nels, my friend, / have a
word or two for your ear. 1t don't
matter which ear; either one of them
is big enough to take in all I've got to
say, and then some. Just listen.
that's ALL Sit down and eat your
lunch il you likes you won't make
so much noise but what / can make
myself heard.
II take notice that you turned down
the nice hammered. clean cut young
man that was trying to sell you suit
of clothes Why? Got another suit,
have you? Sure you have. / seen it
on you Sunday afternoon and Z had
to go lie down and have the old wom-
an rub my head with camphor. It's
a wonder you wasn't arrested Nels,
my friend. that suit might be all
right back where you come from or
in a museum, but in this country a
hobby dresser has his pants legs come
down to the tops of his shoes any
way, and his coat collar amt con-
structed SOS it tits his hat down on
the tip OF his nose. / bet that 9TH
er suit OF yours is hairloom-a sure
enough hand-me-down-rhrou four
generations. Now, listen. That
young man would have fitted you out
with real clothes II you'd have let him
clothes that would have looked as
il they was made in this here pres
ent century, clothes that would have
been as good as your second papers to
you; but you turn him down.
Don't tell me that you can't AFFORD
it," continued the janitor, severely.
THE young man was the best Judge
Of that. l heard him say that you'd
have six months to pay for the suit,
and longer, if you needed it. Let me
tell you a man can afford anything
shat he can get credit for. Keep that
in mind and you'll wear diamonds be-
fore you're through. You're young
man starting out in life and you want
to start right, and get them ideas of
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
OUGHT TO BE OF BENEFIT
Otherwise There Is No Excuse for the
Publication of the Toistois
Letters.

Word GENES from st. Petersburg
that the widow of the late Count Toll
stoi has published more than 500 let
tiers written te her by her late hus-
band The letters begin with the pro-
posal of marriage, and cover the
period OF betrothai of the count and
the countess and many years of their
welded life. The countess in her
preface says that it is her desire to
give all that cherish her husbands
memory access to what was dearest to
him in life Nine letters are with
held, three because they concern liv-
ing persons and the last six he wrote
because the countess thinks that the
time to publish them has not arrived.
1t is very rare, we believe, that let
tiers of distinguished persons have
been published to the world in this
manner. AS rule, women are too
sensitive to make public the most in
innate affairs iii their lives. Only
little while ago the world and his
wife were shocked at the publication
of the love letters Of Robert Brown
ing and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
1t seemed as if it were little less than
sacrilege to expose the intimate love
life Of the two poets. Browning. we
know, was the most sensitive of men,
and it is easy to imagine his Berserker
rage had anyone suggested such a pro-
ceeding during his life time. But the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
Quaint Couceit.

Matthew Arnold's Olympian man.
ner was not intended to be taken Sc
riously. When the poets air was
most Oiympian, his clear eye had its
very kindliest twinkle"
The speaker was Mrs. Caroline
Earle White, the Philadelphia women
who founded the American an.f-vivi-
section movement.
My friend Stephen Coieridge, the
English NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." she con-
unued, entertained Arnold often. The
poet was great friend oil little john
ME Coleridge, an urchin o. four. The
poet prtended to Johnnie and actually
made him believe that he was the
little boys horse.
He kept up this joke for several
years. In fact Matthew Arnold often
sent the youngster books OF fairy tales
with the inscription:
Johnnie Coleridge, frem hiE afrsc
tomato horse"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
A 2Oo-Foot FIaupoIe.

One OF the wonders of Canada is
the 200-foot fiagpole, which has been
erected at Vancouver, b. c. The idea
Of a record breaking single stick to
fly the Union Jack was to signify the
vast lumber resources of the province.
The stick. magnificent fir, was cut
and delivered in the rough at the Van
couver courthouse in the fall of 1912.
1t was left for year to season, where
there would be no likelihood of its
curving while drying. In September,
this year, 1t was moved on rollers to
its final location. The iagpole is 2OS
feet In length, SO inches in diameter
at the base and 10 inches at the top.
and when ready for erection weighed
about 10 tons. Surmounting the pole
Is 4-foot globe and a 20-foot weather
vane in the shape OF an arrow
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07

deal more red tape to get cash out
than it does to put it in. To begin
with the parents of the children first
must sign the check for withdrawal,
and it then must be countersigned by
the principal This method, Principal
Fruauf explained, prevents the with
drawal of funds for the purpose of
Jolly pops or other delicacies dear to
the heart of children. 1t will be easily
seen that his methods, praiseworthy
as they are, have made him by no
means popular with the candy ven
ders who find their customers largely
among the school children.
Over $500 In One Day.
When any deposition has accumulat-
ed SIS in his account he is privissged
to have the account transferred to
his own name at the bank. In other
words, he is given a regular pass
book at the savings institution where
the school bank deposits its funds,
and thereafter is a bona fide depositor
in the larger institution, save that he
is still not allowed to draw his money
without authorization from his pa
rents and principal. This is a prero-
gative held by the school, for the rea-
son that it was through 1t that the
account was transferred.
THAT our bank is a growing insti-
tuition" said Mr.. Fruauf, is shown
by the daily increase in our deposits.
On the opening day we had deposits
of s16034, while last Monday s2O4.57
was credited to the accounts of our
children.
THE bank does many things be-
sides giving children of the poor a
start in life once they are out of
school 1t teaches indelibly the theory
of saving. creates a tendency to eco
nomy, promotes business sense in the
handling of money and provides the
competitive desire to save. You
should see our little fellows and girls
boarding up their pennies against de-
positors' day.
Great Aim of institution.
But seriously, the greatest aim is
to give the public school graduates
particularly the girls-a chance to get
on their feet once they are out OF
school Statistics have shown that
girls who have trades are far better
qualified to meet the battle for sub
sistence than those who have not and
are obliged to take unskilled places
at whatever employers choose to pay
them. A girl. in my notion. rarely
gets into trouble because she wants
TO. It is because she is driven TO II
by sheer desperation. You win find
the percentage of girls who make mis-
takes greater among the classes who
live in poverty than among those with
plenty. The answer Is simple. The
poor girl must work to I've But
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07

total s14.055.11 In two years The to-
tai Withdrawals have been but S.
704.02, leaving a balance of $40, 350.29,
which belongs to the little East siders
who attend the school. Not one is
older than fifteen
The total number OF depositors is
1850 This makes the average de-
posit little more than 1856. The
chief capitalist among the children is
girl. She can write her check for
1881 The smallest depositor has
credit of one cent.
Monday Is Banking Day.
Monday is banking day. All de-
posits are made on that day The
system Is unique one. The children
In each class arise alphabetically and
go to the front of the room, where
the teacher sits with a cash memo
randum. Each child hands in it's
bank book with its deposit. The de-
post La entered in the bank book,
which Is returned to the deposition
The teacher acting as receiving teller
credits the deposit On the cash memo
randura after the name of the deposit
tor. Then the teacher counts the
money and compares 1t with the bal
ance Of the cash memorandum sheet
after which the cash Is placed In an
envelope and sealed, the amount writ
ten ON 1t, together with the class
number and teachers name. Each
teacher then repairs to the room Of
DR.. Sonnenberg and deposits her class
collections In strong box, which is
taken to one Of the big savings banks.
The bank opens the envelopes. COM
pares the amounts within with the
amounts written on them and, IL cor
rect, so stamps the envelopes, which
are returned to the teachers as can
celed vouchers. The money Is then
entered in the pass book of Public
School No. IA.
AS DR.. Sonnenberg explained, 1t is
easy to deposit money, but, while
each child depositor is, of course, en-
titled to draw at any time he or she
desires, the bank is run on strict
saving theory, and it requires good
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07

opportunity to make money evidently
was too great temptation to the
heirs, and so the love story of the two
poets was given to the world. But the
Countess Tolstoi has not even the ex-
cuse of needing money. Yet unques-
tionably she is actuated by what she
believes to be high motives in publish
ing her husbands letters. AS it is i'm
possible to criticise her action while
in ignorance of the contents of the
epistles, we may assume that there 10
something in the letters of value TO
the world. Assuredly she would never
have consented to publishing mere
love letters and epistles having to do
with affairs of no interest to anyone
outside the immediate family.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
Cultivate Decision.

Lack of decision often is due to
pure ignorance. A man is ignorant
of what lie can be. Opportunity stands
at the door and is not recognized.
There Is a tide in the affairs Of men
which, taken at it's floods, leads on 10
fortune: omitted, all the voyage OF
their life is bound in shadows and in
miseries. We must take the
current when il serves. or lose our
ventures"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07

under the present American stand
ards she cannot live on what her
work pays her. What, then, is there
gle as heroic as any within the scope
of ina gination--to live when living
is impossible, and then the gradual
breaking down by need. No man
with a soul can blame mistakes that
result from such causes. He can
merely strive to remedy them
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
DIDN'T EVEN GET THE SUGAR
to Induce Obstinate Animal to
"Go t. Town."

An old colored man was coming
down the Charlottesville pike, driving
a horse which looked as if it had
seen better days. When they got be-
yond the dam the horse suddenly stop
ped. The old man evidently was not
unused to the performance. for he
made no immediate effort to urge the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-11-07
What lie wrcte

An Atchison man has sent out q
tracer for the old-fashioned CT RE
spondent who used to write: I'VE are
al well and hope you are the same"
That isn't what he said: he hoped
these few lines win find yoa. the
sam"