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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

twice married, once divorced, selfish,
hard-minded skinfiint? Oh, neighbor,
neighbor, this must not bel"
"Then it's ruin for me and for her. "
Better that than that she should
pine and fade like a blighted flower.
No, no, there is some way out of it.
Can / see Milly?"
"She has agreed to the"
acrifice!-perhaps, in her f1lial de-
votion, but she must never wed Dan
iel Wegg. All! there she is in the
garden. | must speak to her." and al
though Davenal evidently feared an
upset of his selfish plans, Howard
walked toward form he made out
on bush sheltered seat. 1t was Milly.
She sat in sad, wearied pose. Her
eyes were closed and there were
traces of dried tears upon her wan
face
Poor, poor child" murmured How
ard, and she started and looked up
like frightened fawn at the sound
of his approaching footsteps.
"Oh, it is you, Mr.. Howard" she
stammered in confusion, and then, as
he sat down beside her, despite his
grave manner, she nestled toward him,
the shadows on her face tightening as
il he infused her with sense of pro-
lection.
'Milly," he spoke outright, your IA
Their has told me. You are to marry
Mr.. Wegg?"
TT must"
Her lips drew tight, her face was a
mask of pent-up misery.
"As an old friend" pursued Howard
"let me ask you one question: There
is someone else?"
Her eyes were downcast, her face
covered with a quick flush.
YES" she barely whispered, her
tones a-tremble, her face half hidden
Howard gave a great start. A sud
den thought, fancied new discovery
had illumined his mind. In flash be
saw it all-his nephew, Walter! Why
of course! Had not Milly for months
before the departure of Walter run in
upon them, happy and free as a mem
Der of the family, for weeks and
weeks? She loved another-whC
could it be but Walter? And had not
.sthe boy" written, far away in the
West with a surveying party, thai
"only tor one ne loved the exile
would be a lonesome experience.
They might never have plighted theil
troth. but Milly loved Walter, whom
else? and Walter-why. they were
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

strong current of air greets the Wis
itor, blowing outward in summer and
inward in winter. This is due to the
marked difference in temperature of
the air within and that without the
cave. The temperature OF the cave is
uniformly 54 degrees Fahrenheit the
year round. Naturally, when the air
outside is hotter and constantly rising
the cold air of the cave rushes out to
take its place.
Wonders of the Cavern.
Passing through the iron doorway,
the visitor finds himself in the Rotun-
da, the first great vaulted room of the
cave. The diameter of the entire cav
ern area is about ten miles, while its
known and numbered avenues are in
excess of 225, and their added length
is estimated at over $50 miles. The
various ramifications of the cave are
so extensive that the entire area has
been divided into four different routes
for the benefit of visitors, through
which they are taken by the official
guides provided by the management Of
the hotel and cave, each route having
it's own attractive features. From the
Rotunda the Main Cave, or Grand Gal
lery, is entered. This splendid gallery,
whose arched ceiling is so feet high,
must be traversed to reach any other
part of the cavern. In it are found
many Of the remarkable features.
Among them may be mentioned the
Giants Coffin, a rock shaped like an
enormous sarcophagus, 40 feet long,
20 feet wide and about 8 feet deep,
which has become detached from the
wall and ceiling and rests on what ap-
pear to be it's stone trestles. Its weight
is estimated at 1000 tons, and it rivals
in size the celebrated blocks Of Baal-
bee in Syria.
By the burning of chemical fires
many singular and beautiful effects
are produced by the guides in the vari.
Gus rooms and galleries of the cave.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

a - AMMOTH CAVE, the largest
nM of all known caverns Of the
A world, is situated in Edmon-
4V0 son county, Kentucky, about
eighty-five miles by railway
southwest of Louisville and not far
from Green river, into which the caves
subterranean waters empty. This Sec
ton of Kentucky, where may be found
limestone beds frequently reaching a
thickness of 500 feet, is noted for its
rocky grottoes, sink holes and caverns.
The rocks in the vicinity of Mammoth
cave give evidence of but little dis
turbance by the dynamic forces of past
ages. 1t is such areas of limestone
deposits, showing comparatively level
strata and located somewhat above a
drainage level, with small crevices or
Joints, that furnish the conditions for
the formation of underground passage
ways and enlarged chambers by the
chemical agency of underground wa
ters, says the Spanish edition of the
Bulletin of the Pan-American Union.
FIOu q N1CWPOihs VIC
Mammoth cave is of comparatively re-
cent origin, it's formation having be-
gun something less than 100000
years ago, in the Pliocene age. The
cave action began after Green river
had cut it's channel down into the lime
stone stratum which underlies this
section. The rain water, with it's car
bonic acid content, seeped through the
everything earth and passing into and
through the crevices and joints of the
stone, at that time above the level of
the river, began the work of solution
and erosion. These underground wa
tiers naturally gathered along the
planes of least resistance, and by the
process of solution and subsequent
erosion gradually formed what are
now the passageways and chambers
of the upper levels of the cave. AS
the crevices grew in size more and
more of the surface water drained into
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

One of the beautiful sights is to be
found in the Star Chamber, hall 70
feet wide, 90 high and 500 long. The
lofty ceiling is coated with black gyp-
sum, studded with thousands of white
Spots caused by the effioIescence OF
the sulphate of magnesia. These spots
look exactly like stars in the artificial
light thrown on them, and by moving
the light behind the jutting rocks the
guides produce the effect of clouds
moving across what seems to be the
starry sky above. Various statuesque
effects are also produced by the light
on the walls, one of which is known as
Martha Washington's statue.
Among the many deep abysses per-
haps the most interesting is what is
called the Bottomless Pit. For many
years no one dared to venture to cross
this dangerous chasm, but in 1910
guide threw long, slender cedar tree
across it's black depths and discovered
a new portion of the cave. Since then
bridge has been constructed over 1t,
and it has been found that the abyss Is
really only los feet deep. One enlarge
ment of the cave is known as Revel-
lers' Hall, and here tables and benches
are provided and visitors may enjoy
banquet down in the dark depths in a
magnificent banquet hall large enough
to seat thousand people.
Among the many marvels of the cave
perhaps none is more beautiful than
the magnificent passageway known as
Clevelands avenue, extending dis
lance of nearly two miles, spanned by
an arch of SO feet and having an aver
age central height of about ten feet.
From end to end this avenue is en-
crusted with the most beautiful foIma
tons of thousand varied shapes. The
base of the whole is sulphate lime,
some parts of dazzling Wilderness and
perfectly smooth and in other places
crystallized into forms of beautiful
flowers, leaves and wreaths in the
Pickering light of the torches the walls
and ceiling seem to be covered with
diamond roses, camelias, chrysaD Che-
NUNS and all the delicate floral beau.
ties of botanist's paradise. One OF
the great chambers is knows as the
Temple, having an area of about i've
acres covered by a single dome OF
solid rock 120 feet high; another,
known as Lucy's dome, is over 800
feet high and so feet in diameter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

additional
activity the counting between dcennia
that made official
the
bill
Tulsa Commercial club
the
a autom manufacturing industry
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19


which
where the next greatest number
capitol
effort gather the
the Oh
dendure this latitude
identify within
black sweet and blue gum
family
laurel lemon
princess
the capitol grounds Will be
bellt reesof family
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

though the fact that the trees are SO
scattered detracts from the interest
and value of the collection.
1t has been said that feature of
the national capital and one which
distinguishes it above other cities is
it's wealth of foliage and multitude
of tree forms. 1t is not only in the
extent of it's urban woodland that
Washington stands first among cities,
but also in the number of varieties Of
trees. Northern and southern, east
ern and western lowland highland
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

furniture and equipment hall motley collection OF
time evera
carpets addition to the furniture tne
TINS reaneu
from Chief Justice Covngton secured
old chairs seee
uob WORN had unpresentable appearance
offered by the aucuoneer pIousne soou -
discarded seats
the comment
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

handsome profit this
owen and Gore with the understanding that the proceeds from would
charity 1t is
stood that Masonic Okla
homa City
bale
president 10 bales He held
third
his hands the
paid for it, he affirmative.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

kinds are in progress practically all
of the time, separated by intervals
ranging from two weeks to ten years,
and in addition special investiga-
lions of almost any nature can, under
the law, be demanded of Uncle Sans
statisticians at any time by the presi-
dent, either house of congress or the
director of the census himself. Re-
Gently an entirely new field of this
sort has been opened up and, now
that the ice has been broken and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

ences in the general-term room on
weighty questions of law, sold Tor the
proverbial 'song" when offered at
auction by Adam A. Weschler under
direction of United States Marshal
Splain. Large. roomy, high-backed
revolving and fitting chairs, once
handsomely upholstered in real leatn-
er. were knocked down" at prices
ranging from 81 to so cents each.
The occasion was the triennlai
sale made by the marshal outside the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19
Soon forgotten.

1T is remarkable how soon a man
is forgotten after he is dead.
"And, also, when he ceases to ad-
vertise.'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19
Her Lies Work.

Have you no ambition in life?
"Yes, indeed. / married my hus-
band to reform him and I'm going to
keep everIastingly at it,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19
Seats of the Mighty Sell for Proverbial Song
Soma

Of coveted in little demand here the
prominent
and dead when holding confer
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19
Many Varieties OF Trees Found in Washington

HE national arboretum in the
recalls apparently
Washington constitute arboretum
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19
How the Bureau of Census Manages to Keep Busy

makes
truth AS matter
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19

the staple. One of these bales was
bought in Texas, one in Georgia and
one in Oklahoma. Contrary to COM
mon report, the cotton was never
shipped to the national capital, and
therefore was not stored in the White
House basement 1t remained in the
warehouses of the South until ar
rang cments were made for it's sale.
Some time ago one bale was
turned over by the president to cot
ton celebration in New York state,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-11-19
President Wilson's Plunge in Cotton Is Ended


w excitement he
sought OF
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-25

because the eatamount had a habit on
such occasions of making his tail ap-
pear either of prodigious length or else
so diminutiye as to be hardly visible
To the naked eye, and all without
warning to the club members.
Through leading healthy, normal
lives the members. of the Catamount
club have earned reputation for
longevity. Through diligent practice
they have acquired a knowledge Of
tcatamohhts, and recognize a cata-
mount when they see one. Therefore
| it should startle nobody when we as
sert that there live in Windsor today
men in full possession of their facul-
ties who distinctly remember a visit
paid to this town in the year 1882 by
a huge felis concolor who left this
card:
This enormous panther was shot in
Barnard, Vt, on November q, 1881, by
ALEXANDER CroweIl. He is the largest
ipanther of which history makes any
record. lie measures from the nose
to the tip of the tail seven feet. girth
three feet and eight inches, the cireum-
ference of his forearm is % inches
height three feet eight inches, and his
weight when shot was 1s2 pounds.
In South America this animal is
known as the puma or lion and it is
believed to be identical with the Cali
fornia lion so-ealled. In Vermont il
has always been called by many 3
catamount, but its strue designation is
the North America panther and this
is the finest specimen ever exhibited
He was shot by Mr.. CroweI at dis
tance of about one rod only and will
n shot gun at first and afterward witt
a rifle. His movements were so noise
less that Mr. Crowell found himself il
) this dangerous proximity before he wa.
aware of it and it was only by great
GOODNESS and daring that he severely
wounded the animal and perhaps savet
| his own life.
''This noble specimen of a very rar,
Wild beast is now ON exhibition
= throughout the country, and none VIII,
f; can should fail to improve the oppor
$ tunity to sec il.
G. R. Stafford, Proprietor. -
r We are told on what we believe +
be good authority that the Barnar,
0 eatamount IS now on record in the stat
e house at Montpelier, and we wonde
G that our esteemed st. Adams contempc
: rary should not have thought it wort
o while to search the archives at the car
5 ltol before accepting at face value
i despatch from a town whence emanat
: SO often newspaper items of a charact
S er obnoxious to The Messenger-WinC
r sol Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-25
FIRST "DICTkGRRPH" I'M USE
Ear of Dlonysfus" Got as Good Re-
/, suits as Does the Modern InVen-
tIon for Use of Eavesdroppers.

Sicily is rich in Greek antiquities.
Some of the best are clustered togeth-
er on the outskirts of the old town of
Syracuse. A very popular one is the
Ear of Dionysius," in the Latonia
del Paradise. an old quarry used as
prison by the Greeks. The walls of
this quarry are over 100 feet high,
and lean inward at an angle of about
thirty degrees-all chisel work, done
by innumerable slaves. The idea was
to prevent any possibility of escape on
the part of the hapless prisoners con-
fined here, and as a further precau-
ton Dionysius had chiseled out in the
solid rock a vast cavity, very similar,
as seen from without. to a human ear,
by means Of which he is said to have
listened to the conversation of the
captives The interior OF the cavity
is in the shape of the letter IS, -
and gradually tapers until at the ex-
IRENE summit you might perceive a
small hole through which the daylight
comes. It was here that Dionysius did
his eavesdropping. The acoustic
properties of this ear are extraor-
binary, the slightest whisper being
| distinctly audible, while a loud noise
| like the slamming Of the door which
| gives access to the ear" produces
rapid succession of deafening re
ports.-Wide World Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-25
Preparation for American Defense,

The National Security League in a
recent statement shows that:
United States has regular army Of
10000 men.
Switzerland, the size of Massachus-
etts, has 100000 available men.
United States pays $lO0,OO0,o0O an
nnally for army.
!. S oWd 2ernd army costs less than
United States would require one
month to mobilize.
Switzerland could do so in "a hours
Possible enemies could transport. in
single expedition, larger invading
force that we can concentrate against
it.
Coast cities are completely at the
mercy OF raiding forces.
United States army has not sufici
ent ammunition for field and seige gun.
to last through a single battle. Only
enough ammunition for coast defense.
for one hours firing; only enough TO
sea coast batteries to last thirty o.
| forty minutes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-25
Risky REVENGE.

Paganini, the wonderful violinist,
had a narrow escape at Ferrara from
a violent death. Enraged by some
kissing from the pit, he resolved to
avenge the insult and at the close of
his program informed the audience
that he would initiate the language
of various animals. After having
rendered the notes of different birds,
the mewing of cat and and the bark
ing of a dog he advanced to the foot
lights and saying, This is for those
who hissed!" initiated the braying OF
an ass. at this the occupants of the
pit rose. rushed on to the stage and
would have killed their calumniator
had he not hastily retreated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-25
Another Woman who has Found
Health in Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Lindsborg, Kansas. -" Some years
ago suffered with terrible pains in my
side which thought were inflammation,
also with bearing down pain, back
ache, and l was at times awfully ner-
vous. l took three bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
am now enjoying good health. l will
be glad to recommend your medicine to
any woman suffering with female trou-
BILE and you may publish this letter. "
Mrs. A. l.. SMITH, r. No. 3, Box 60,
Lindsborg, Kansas.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia r. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
10 Lydia E.Pinkham AIedicineCo.
(confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman,
and held In strict confidence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-25
OWED SUCCESS TO CHANCE
Accidental Discovery Enabled Man to
Build Machine That SimpIifed
Diamond Separation.

A young man in the Kimberley dia-
mond mines had been experimenting
for months In an effort to find
way to separate diamonds from other
stones so as to eliminate the tiresome,
tedious, Manipulating process. His eff
forts and labors had all been in vain,
but he refused to be discouraged and
adhered to his purpose.
One day he was working at his
bench when small diamond and a
garnet happened to be lying on a
board before him. In some way he
tipped the board at such an angle
that the two stones rolled together to-
ward the edge. 1t happened that there
was a small grease spot on the board,
and when the diamond reached 1t, it
was stopped and held, while the gar
net passed on and fell over the edge.
Wondering whether this had been a
mere accident or whether the grease
possessed the peculiar property of at
tracing diamonds and allowing other
stones to pass over it, he tried again
and again with the first diamond and
with various others and found that il
| board were coated with grease and
| vibrated slightly while held in an in
| clined position the diamonds placed
on it would be caught and held by the
| grease. while all of the other stones
| would roll off He at once set TO work
and as a result of his accidental dis
covery soon built machine which
was success from the very begin
ming. In d short time 1t was doing al
of the work that had formerly beer
done by hand, saving considerable
time and expense in the operation
| Pathfinder
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-25
still Believe in fortune TelIino.D

'Speying' fortunes is evidently still
a lucrative profession in some parts
of Ireland. At the court at Baly-
mony an old woman was tried, recent
". for telling the fortunes Of farm
er and his wife and obtaining $37 for
doing 1t. It appeared that the farm
er and his wife we're in such great
fear of the prophecies that they
crossed her palm" to the extent Of all
the money they had in the house
Afterward they recovered their cour.
age sufficiently to inform the police
with the result that the old woman
was apprehended and sentenced to
three months in prison. --
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-25
Successfully Fights Pneumonia.

The open-air treatment of acute
pneumonia is reported by DR.. G. E.
Rennie to have achieved notable sue
cess at the Royal Prince Edward hos
pital of Sydney, Australia. For seven
years Doctor Rennie has kept his own
patients in the open air night and
day, and quite recently this plan has
been adopted for all pneumonia cases
in the hospital. Recovery has been
rapid in cases that would have re-
suited fatally under the old method.
The ordinary conditions of a close hos
pital atmosphere are very favorable
for the development of the pneumonia
germs, and besides expose to mi
crobes liable to set up a secondary in
lection. The fresh air, comparatively
free from bacteria, gives the more per-
feet aeration of the blood needed. The
artificial use Of oxygen is rarely nee
essary as formerly, there is much less
difficulty of breathing and impairment
of circulation, the patients sleep bet
ter, the tongue is cleaner, the appetite
is nearer normal and convalescence is
rapid.