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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17

"I wonder which of US will die first y
said a little boy pensively TO his sister.
"You WILL" said the little girl brisk
ly, "'cos you are the eldest"
"No," answered her brother, not anx-
ions for the privilege. Ladies first y
London Answers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17

things of the leaves of an oak tree in
which Zeus was supposed to reside,
but local legend says that the first
message was delivered by a dove speak
ing from the tree with a human voice.
AT any rate, the priestesses of the ora
Gle were called Peleaides (doves>.
Herodotus reports that while on WIS.,
it to Egyptian Thebes he learned that
the oracle had been founded by an
Egyptian princess who had been spir-
tied away by Phoenicians.
AS the rivalry between the oracle Of
Zeus at Dodona and that of Apollo
at Delphi grew more keen the
priestesses of the former invented new
methods of receiving messages, among
these being the Interpretation of the
murmur of a bubbling fountain near
the oak tree, the sound of the wind
rushing through the brazen cauldrons
which stood in a circle near the tenn
pie, and the sounds made by a metal
tipped whip as the wind drove it
against a bronze tripod. Many Athen-
ians, Spartans and eastern potentates
consulted the oracle and it is said
that Croesus, the last king of Lydia,
also consulted Dodona as to whether
he should attempt a campaign against
Cyrus, king of the Persians. Unhap-
PLY the famous "rich man" acted
upon the advice of the Delphic oracle
which told him that 'he would destroy
a great kingdom" And the prediction
of the oracle was verified, but the
kingdom which he destroyed was his
own.
The Hellenes founded many colonies
on the Epiran shore and these served
as stepping stones to dominion over
the Adr'etic The wealthiest of the
ancient cities was Phoenice, which be-
came the head of an Epirotic league
after the fall of the Molossian king
dom.
The MoIossian Kingdom.
The Molossians, most powerful and
progressive of the II tribes which in
habited Epirus, were ruled by chief
tains who professed to be descendants
of Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles, who
was supposed to have settled in this
part of the world after the fall of
Troy.
One of the most noted OF the Molos-
sian kings was Arymbas III, who gave
his brothers daughters an excellent
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17

GUNS tdSIIy UISCUVtTdUIe Uy dtTUpIdIIeS
in the European war.
= He explains that compressed air
is used to discharge the projectiles,
which will have a greater range and
penetrating power than any present
powder-driven shell. Twenty to thirty
miles is the estimated range. Dis
charge will be caused by the combined
use of liquid air and timers. The
shell will be constructed in 8, 10, II
and IA inch sizes and they will be
somewhat similar TO shells now in use
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17

facts or figures tina: people do not
come there for, and they generally
find what they want Newspaper
files dating back so or rs years can be
produced in minute or two, and the
history of those periods can be studied
with greater detail than is afforded in
any other conceivable kind of literary
production.
Mr.. Slade says that he has 26
miles of bound newspapers on file.
NawSua nerS subscribed To at the DrpS-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17

en number
The total
the work OF this department which
to the
Collections of old
periodical division and
volume files there
rich and ensemble
But the historical investigators
of
The division
the South during Civil Chattanooga
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17

In short time Major Pullman
will draw up the list of policemen in
his department whose record entities
them to promotion, and Barbee has
put some finishing touches on his own
overlook him.
Regulations are regulations, ac-
cording to Barbee, and when he found
that Peter r. Pullman, father of the
local police head, had parked his au-
tOmObile in a tabooed location, Bar
bee calmly took Father PullmanS
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17
Some New Inventions for Uncle Sans Fighter:

IT inventor Cincinnati has to
proecte
eliminates the defamation and smoke which make
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17
Postmaster Chance Helps Two Lady Motorists

and eminent postmaster of Washing
IV hottest
automobile and there the road
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17
Washington Cop Twice Arrests Chiefs Father

sGp
Pullman
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-11-17
Files In Library Of Congress Well Patronized

WASHINGTONThe periodical Library
"
every according
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
At the Telephone.

The printed injunction: Don't jig
gle the hook" is seen in conspicuous
places all over New York city. having
been placed by the telephone company
in order that its patrons may learn
that the way to get the best telephone
service out of the system is to be sane
and gentle with the apparatus. There
are people who do not know that II
central does not respond promptly
and properly the way to attract her at
tentiOn is to move the receiver hook
up and down slowly, very slowly. II
such is the hurried ones conduct a
tiny electric lamp is flashed before
the face of the operator. If the hook
is jiggled rapidly there is no lamp
lighted at all and the operator goes
about her work serenely Indifferent
to the perturbed state of the person at
the other end of the wire. BY seeing
a woman at telephone when she is
in hurry-and at other times. too
one can easily gain an insight into
her character. The querulous. cranky
woman flying to pieces at the phone is
frequently seen. She should have
Don't jiggle the hook" framed over
the telephone stand.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Hats as Peace Tokens.

Here is a beautiful hospital story
recorded by Rev.. William Sellers in
his new book, with Our Fighting
Men," A colonel's wife was making
the round of military ward when she
noticed wounded soldier toying with
a German helmet.
WELL" she said to the soldier, Il
suppose that means that you killed
your man."
We'll, naw," quietly responded the
soldier. You see it was like this: He
lay on the field pretty near me with
an awful bad wound and bleedin'
away somethin' terrible. l was losin'
lot of blood, too, fra my leg, but
managed to crawl up to him and bound
him up as well as could, and he did
the same for me. Nawthin' of coorse
was said between us. knew no Ger
man and the ither man rot a word O.
English, so when he'd done. not seem
hoo else tae thank him, just smiled,
and by way of token handed him my
Glengarry and he smiled back and
give me his helmet. Com
panion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08


member
would
Volumes would and pitchers
unique and decoration of beautiful
a
All
When have had time to get the sight
will
OF Toby hundreds
genial in smiling
William holding his behind his
greeting dawn Mr. Taft testing the ability of Toby
Roosevelt 100
One section the collection devoted pitchers silver
svmith Yellowstone
followed tooth elephant and the skull
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Framing a ChiIdren's Code.

The Missouri children's code COM
mission appointed by Governor Major
has organized it's work of codifying all
children's laws in the state. and of
drafting needed new laws to be intro
duced in the legislature of 1917. Most
of the work will be done at the state
university through the departments
of law, sociology and political science
The entire commission of 81 members
has been divided into subcommittee
to handle various sections of the com.
prehensive outline of work, modelled
on the general outline sent out by the
federal children's bureau. Consider
able help is expected from the data
the latter is collecting on children s
laws throughout the United States
The expenses of the commission will
be met by voluntary contributions.
Rhodes E. Cave. judge of the st. Louis
Juvenile court, is chairman, and Prof.
Manley o. Hudson. of the state uni
versity, secretary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
GOT IDEA FROM SUBMARINE
Inventor Of the Mierophore Tells
How He Came to Think About
the Scheme.

In the Popular Science Monthly and
Worlds Advance, William Dubilier,
the American electrical engineer who
was called to Europe by one of the
allied governments to devise a system
of harbor defense against hostile sub
marines, describes the experiments
which led to the adoption of remark
able microphone submarine detector.
Although it is impossible to see a
deeply submerged submarine, Mr.. Du
bilier believed that there was a method
of detecting it's exact location in the
water. In describing his experiments,
he says:
Suppose that a submarine gave
forth a sound of some kind, would it
not be possible to devise some form
of apparatus by which it could be
heard? That was the starting idea Of
the experiments that | conducted for
the allied government.
AT once the beating of the propel-
lers of submarine suggests itself. 1t
is not characteristic enough. Motor
boats, steamships and other power
driven vessels have propellers, and al
though their period of vibration is diff
ferent from that of any other engine
driven craft, some other sound must
be sOught-something as distinctive
as the call of a robin or the neighing
of horse, something that by no pos
sible chance can be mistaken for an
other sound.
Il found what sought in the weird,
shrill hum of submarine. Others had
heard the hum long before l began my
experiments. 1t was taken for engine
vibration. But it is much too high in
pitch for that, as | found by actual
tests
Il soon convinced myself that the
fine, shrill, almost singing note that
can be heard when the Diesel engines
are cut off and the submarine is trav-
cling under power derived from her
storage batteries is due entirely to her
electric motors. The sound is unmis-
taxable. Step into any central station
where electric power is generated to
light city and you will hear the hum
of submarine There is no difference
to the ear To devise a means of de-
tecting this sound at great distances
was the object of my experimenting.
The micrOphone at once suggested
itself as a suitable instrument, and
with it's use, submarine could be
heard at distance of fifty miles,"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Where the White Man Found the
Moose Jaw" This. it is said, accounts
for the towns queer name.
M an-PoWer.

There is a distinct difference be-
tween power and endurance The av-
erage woman seems to have quite as
much endurance as the average man:
but in actual physical power she is
entirely outclassed. In a series of
experiments to determine this point.
1t was found that the average energy
a man can develop is one-fifth horse.
power. that of woman only half as
much. The machine for making the
tests is a bicycle mounted on a fixed
frame. and geared to a brake wheel
The person under test works the ped
ais. and the point at which the friction
of the brake causes the machine to
stop indicates the horsepower he has
reached. IS. -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
ACCOUNTS FOR QUEER NAME
Little Incident That Led to Most Pc.
euIiar cognomen Being Given to
Canadian Town.

An interesting story is told as to the
origin of the name Moose Jaw" as
applied to q town in Canada. Many
years ago. so the story runs. a pioneer
with his team of oxen and prairie
schooner" while passing along the
banks OF the river was Obliged to camp
at this point In Saskatchewan on &C
count of an accident to his cart.
A spoke had fallen out during the
day, and the wheel was falling apart.
He looked about for something to in
sert for a temporary brace for the
wheel. while his wife busted herself
with the evening meal.
The pioneers child. while romping
around. found the jawbone of moose.
which she held up to her father. who
by this time almost despaired Of find
ing anything with which to repair his
cart. He WAS delighted to find that
the jawbone exactly lifted the place Of
the missing spoke The Indians there
after named this district THE Place
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

er than 6k feet. This permits the
crib to be filed by throwing the corn
over the boards. If the quantity of
corn on hand is sufficient to fill the
crib above this point, additional siding
boards can be hung on 20-penny spikes
driven into the inner side of the studs.
The boards have holes at proper inter
walls to fit over the spikes and are
held in place by the pressure of the
corn.
The rat-proofing is an important fea-
ture of the design which the farmer
can not afford to neglect. One-half
inch mesh wire netting is put on all
sides of the crib between studs and
siding and carried to a height of 30
inches above the ground or above the
floor of the driveway. At the top OF
the wire a strip of 8-inch galvanized
iron should be nailed to the outside OF
the siding. The bottom of the gal
vanized iron is inches lower than
the top of the wire, making a total
height for the wire and iron strip OF
Sc inches all around. This galvanized
iron strip will halt any rats that may
climb up the walls. The rat-proofing
is put on the drive side of cribs so
that il the doors are left open rats
| will still be unable to get at the corn.
Care should be taken not to leave any
objects near the walls which would
enable a rat to jump above the rat.
proofing.
Provision is made for drag doors
on the outer side of each crib and 2
rolling doors on the inside. The drag
doors are so designed that corn will
belt of a shelter. The rolling doors
on the inside are for access to the
crib. They should consist of frame
completely filled with wire netting.
with a galvanized iron strip at the
same height as on the wall. The drag
doors are made of siding nailed to
cleats with the wire mesh between.
Movable inverted troughs of Stats
are placed on the floor lengthwise Of
the cribs. These are in sections to
facilitate handling and are designed
to increase the circulation of air
through the corn. AS further aid to
circulation o: air, movable shafts may
be placed at the side or on top of the
troughs. The shafts are constructed
Of / by 8 inch vertical strips nailed
to frames made of 1 by 2 inch stun.
In order to hold the shafts in place
while the cribs are being filled, they
may be tackled to the crossties over
head. The number Of shafts to be
used will depend upon the amount of
moisture in the corn.
Complete working drawings for this
crib may be obtained from the office
of public roads and rural engineering
| of the department. A bill Of materials
to enable those interested in the mat
ter to form some idea of the probable
expense in their locality of erecting
| the structure will also be furnished
on request.
AS has already been said. however.
some of the fundamental principles in.
volved. the rat-proofing. the ventila.
ton. and the protection against ground
moisture. may be employed advan.
| tageously in smaller buildings.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08


retur to is office andca n
hrewd hunter and something
be
in good
rev
stuffed with excelsior and sawdust Some
left them
he
goodjo o
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

"HuIp," chorused
he Mergenthaler.
knew
Of the room near q
said the apologize of hotel employee will
practice Tor
this and aw that mistake
wasma n here"
a made his head
did not wish
shvey cold
a said Mr. Mergenthaler
resolved
finish his He told
of he
a Mergenthaler
oh wel,"c
headdo the pillow closed his
bed Ole doors NOW
ito sleepag voices.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

AS a result of many requests for In
formation regarding building of this
sort. specialists in rural engineering
in the United States department OF
agriculture have worked out plans for
a corn crib that will both aid in the
drying of corn and protect 1t from
rats. AS the accompanying drawings
show, there are really two cribs in the
complete structure, each 80 by feet,
with a capacity of 1000 bushels. III
desired, however, only one Of the cribs
may be put up at first and the con-
struction of the other left to a more
venient time.
The two cribs are separated by a
driveway ~ feet wide. and the whole
is covered by gable roof. The drive
way floor may be of concrete or dirt.
If the ground is well drained. dirt
floor in the driveway will answer very
well. If the floor is of concrete. 1t
will also serve as feeding floor for
hogs A wood floor should not be
used, as it would harbor rats.
The details of construction can be
used in building cribs of greater or
less dimensions or of different type.
The devices for ventilating and rat
proofng can be used in new cribs or
in remodeling old structures.
AS the plan shows, a concrete foun-
dation is put in for all of the walls.
This foundation should extend from
below the frost level to inches above
ground for the outer wall and to 8
inches above for the inner wall. The
space between the foundation walls
should be filled in with well-tamped
cinders or gravel, and on top of this
base a concrete floor laid. The differ
ence in height above ground between
the inner and the outer concrete fOun-
dations will give Pinch pitch to the
floor toward the outer edge and thus
drain off water that may beat through
the walls of the crib. The cinders or
gravel underneath the floor prevent
through capillary action. The floor it.
self should be constructed of 4 inches
of REINFORCED concrete, with the sur
face troweled to a smooth finish.
II concrete driveway is decided
upon. inches of gravel or cinder
floor should be first tamped down and
4-inch concrete floor with a float
finish laid on top.
The iron sockets or joist hangers
which can readily be obtained on the
market. should be set in while the
concrete floor is being laid. AS 1e
drawings show. the studs themselves
sht uld be by inches. To these is
nailed siding for the outer walls. This
siding consists of by inch boards
with both upper and lower edges bev
eled at an angle of 45 degrees. They
should be set about ~ inches apart
This permits free entry OF air. while
the beveled edges lessen the danger
of rain beating into the crib. However
the beveled edges are not absolutely
necessary. In the complete structure
the siding on the walls facing the
driveway need not be beveled, as there
is no necessity for protection from
rain here. On these sides, too, the sid
ing boards should not be carried high
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Floor Plan of Rat-Proof Corn Crib.
Marketing Live Stock.

Every farmer should market his
own live stock" This is to be the
slogan OF the extension work in Min.
nesota during the coming winter.
There are about 200 live stock ship
ping associations in Minnesota. There
should be three or four times as
many. Through a cooperative as
ISOLATION which is well organized and
managed. the farmers can market
their own stock to the very best ad.
vantage.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Best Trees for Fire Wood.

The man who burns up his post tim
Der in the winter should have no SYM
pathy when he is searching for trees
suitable for posts and cannot ind
them. All gnarled and knotty trees.
all crooked and deformed trees. and
all partly dead trees should be used
up first. This gives room for the
good timber to grow larger and Gives
the woodlot a good appearance.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

run over into the next year 1886 days
before starting all over again. She
has 700 of them.
1t was three years ago that Miss
Josephine's collection was casually
started through the receipt of a few
pitchers as a gift from an aunt.
The growth Of the collection was
more or less incidental to other inter-
ests until Miss Josephine heard of an
organization of persons who collect
pitchers. with q members and with
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Compelled to Be Useful.

Does your wife allow you to smoke
around the house?"
"She requires me to do So" replied
Mr.. Meekton. 81 don't like tobacco
myself: but Henrietta requires me to
blow smoke on the houseplants twice
a day to keep the insects off,"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
ADVANTAGE of Sprcader.

A good reason why the manure
spreader is advantageous is because a
man who has his money invested in
an implement of this sort will take bet
ter care of the manure on the farm.
He will not allow it to lie around and
leach, but will get it back on to the
field where it should be placed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Noises,

WHO is the man whose automobile
wakes everybody on the block up
when he comes home at midnight?"
I'm not sure. But | think he's the
one who had a man arrested, for
keegipGfasbaatSp rooster that crowed
at daybreak."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Repefts Of Paint

A few dollars worth of paint will
add many dollars to the actual value
of the farm buildings, besides tho
great satisfaction of improving the ap-
pearance of he farmstead SO mark
edly.'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Maxine Good HOG Pasture.

The following all make good hog
pasture: Rye. wheat. vetch. crimson
clover, red or mammoth clover, Can
ada peas. cowpeas. Coy beans. sweet
corn, sorghum. field corn. rape. al
falfa and artichOkes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Very Careful.

Il say, Jane, let's walk out aid
have a little tete-a-tete."
Good gracious. William. you know
never touch anything the least biz
strong" .l>-s .v
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Addind Vegetable Matter

Flowing cowpeas under adds vege-
table matter to the soil which tend
to make it loose and resistant to ex.
cessive dry weather or wet weather.
1t also adds chemical fertility to the
soil in the lay OF nitrogen.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Vegetables in Home card.n

Vegetables In Home Garden.
The home garden should aim to pro
duce as great variety of high quail
ity of vegetables for the farmers table
as possible. The supply should be
liberal. Uniform and constant.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

that slumbering hour which Is sweet
est of all when there came hard and
threatening knock on his door. Out
side he heard what sounded like mob
of soldiers.
"Of course he will get up" said
one.
Get up, l should think So" de-
clared another
Mr.. Mergenthaler thought he was
having a nightmare when four men OF
great muscle and Drawn threw open
the door.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08

Overalls are the ideal of comfort In
housekeeping. And, If they are soiled.
what matter? They are easy to wash
or replaced at small cost
Many women are taking to the in
novation. which made its first appear
ance in Chicago. Young women par
ticularly are no longer willing to
risk their gowns and their lives by
washing windows and hanging pic
lures in unwieldy skirts. And Savan-
pah women have not outgrown the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Best place for Cabbaoe.

A cool cellar is the best place for
cabbages. Hang them up or wrap
them in paper and lay on shelves.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Housewives of Savannah Now Work in 0veraI|s

ovls for housewives
skirts their ankles Dresses gather
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
New York Piano Movers Moved Him, Bed and All

NEW YORKTees telling what happen the present period
Mergenthaer Rochester,
the Blmoe Mr. Mergenthaler in
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-01-08
Kansas City Girl Has Collected 700 Pitchers

ANSAS CITYf
could have without