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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

grow rich and the poor poorer. The
woman who flatters herself that she
has not changed much in the 20 years
she has been wife. needs but to wan
der back among her old associates to
have the truth that she has been rid
ing swiftly along in Times chariot
demonstrated to her. The old inn
keeper and his good wife, who sat in
the front pew of the village church on
the evening she was wed, failed to
recognize her. The postmaster, a
handsome red-cheeked, CHEEKY young
man in those days, faces her now with
snOwdrifts among his sparse, dark
locks, spectacles covering the eyes
that had been 50 dark and sparkling
20 years before. He faces her with
out the faintest CLEAN of recognition.
His tongue lOOSenS when she makes
her identity known to him, and makes
inquiry for the girls and boys who had
danced at her wedding Had Hattie
Vail and Harry Williams-the two
who had "stoOd up" with her-wed,
or had Alice Shaw or Bessie Wells
won him? The story of each separate
love affair holds her interest alb
SOrbed.
''They all come here for their mail
of an afternoon. You may watch, If
you will, and see which, if any, you
will be able to recognize" Never had
q wanderer who had returned to the
old haunts more exciting, pleasurable
hour. She who had been the beauty
of the village in those other days, was
the first to enter-frowsy of head,
with a faded shawl pinned about her
shoulders, youngsters clinging to her
skirts and a market basket on her
arm. The village blacksmith's wife
was not pleased to be reminded that
she had not made good her boast that
her beauty should win her a foreign
prince, or at least a millionaire.
The girl who had been the poorest,
yet sweetest of them all, was welded
to one who had at last become mayor
of the town, while the fair maiden
who had been the haughtiest of them
all, had welded q circus clown to es-
cape the fate of being an old maid.
The doctors daughter had married the
undertaker's son, very suitable ar
rangement. The miller's daughter
and the village baker had also Joined
forces.
Each and every lass and lad had
welded very differently from what
they had planned when time was young
with them. The come-ups and go
downs among them were more inter
esting by far than the pages of any
novel could be. After a visit to the
home of her girlhood and noting all
that has transpired, the average wom-
an is prone to be more satisfied with
her own lot.
The test of years proves that each
one slides into the groove he or she
was intended for, no matter what
promises illuring youth held forth. We
often pity those whom we thought we
might envy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

the diplomatists and the dowagers
would mass their batteries of argu-
mentS in vain.
When quite young child, Olga de-
clared that no consideration would IN
duce her to leave Russia. But time
may have changed that. To tell the
truth, a foreign marriage with any
other than prince belonging to the
Greek faith for the eldest daughter OF
the car would be most unpopular at
the present day in Russia, unless 1T
were with the prince of Wales.
SO much would the Russians be
pleased to see their princesses raised
to the throne of England that even the
religious question would take a Sec
Ondary place. Holy Russia, said one
writer recently, would look through
her fingers if one of the daughters of
Anglican faith after her marriage to
the heir of the English crown.
Indeed, there has been some talk
since the war began that the English
and Russian churches are not so much
different after all, and it might be a
good plan to unite them.
The cars daughters are the great
est matches in Europe at the present
moment, and one must take into con-
sideration, too, the immense fortunes
they will bring to their husbands, in
addition to their personal charm and
position.
For a while there were quite cir
cumstantal stories told to the effect
that the prince was as good as be-
trothed to Yolanda of Italy, but these
have died down, apparently for lack
of fuel of a substantial order. Prin-
cess Marguerite of Denmark is Cath
Ollie, but that might be fixed up, as
such things are when 1T suits royalty.
She is very clever and accomplished,
nurse of ability and a fine character.
Her social position, of course, could
not be compared to that of the cars
daughters.
Not much is known here about the
Roumanian princesses. They are said
to be charming girls-of course, all
royal princesses are charming, per
Grimm's fairy tales-and the present
queen of Roumania is of English blood.
AS TO Princess Mary, poor girl, the
war has played havoc with her posi-
BILE sweethearts. She did have a real
one in handsome young Grand Duke
Adolph of Mecklenburg-Strel That
was before the war. Adolf is a popu-
lar sportsman, and spent much time in
England. Then Queen Mary took her
daughter to visit the young mans
mother. The dowager duchess of
Mecklenburg-Stre was pensioner
of the English kingdom and had long
been a friend of the queen.
Came the thunderbolt of August.
1914. The British government cut off
the mothers pension and the son took
the field against the soldiers of tlH,
princess father.
There was another sutton, also a
German. He was Prince Max of
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
The Aim of Christian Education
BY REV. WALTER SCOTT.

Christian education make life glory instead of grind,
little wider the door of life add the
lens of the microscope the telescope.
1t to take the drudgery of life, push ones horizon
farther order clearer vision of life 1t stands for high
and noble pleasures that wealth cannot buy 1t character wealth.
soul which misfortune wreck
1t makes familiar with and history and teaches how
life healthy successful 1t gives enlightened citizen
ship and mpas intelligence political and economic problems 1t
brings the JOY of secove opening possibilities undls-
covered truths.
ones mentality stirred by the passion of expansion
feel the tonic of growth the understandable satisfaction which comes
from the consciousness of perpetual enlargement
fill years with the most delightful associations and
cultured people, age when ambitions and high ideals have not
shattered by disappointment the unbounded faith
in human shocked by violated pledges
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Why Sheep Have Wool.

If you want to ask sheep where
he got his wool and why, take a dog
into a mountain pasture band, and If
the sheep are afraid of the dog they
will invariably run uphill rather than
down. You have your answer. The
ancestors of the domestic sheep, like
wild sheep of the present day, lived
among high mountains and needed
their woolly covering to protect them
against the constant cold of high at
mospheres. They chose the high and
inhospitable region to live in because
they found the fierce fiesh-eating ami
mails of the plains too strong for them.
A proof of these facts is that the wool
grows on sheep the year round.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Fiuurinu the Profits.

"I suppose" remarked the horse re-
porter to his friend the humorist, that
YOU make good thing out of your
paragraphs"
"Well, some days 1 make very little
and other days not quite so much,
replied the funny man. "Now, take
Yesterday, for example; 1 only penned
five lines, but it represented twelve
big round dollars"
"Well, that isn't so worse for one
davis toll" said the horseman. by
the way, what did you writer"
"An order to my grocer for interior
department supplies" explained the
Joke carpenter.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Study Would-Be Husband
Like an Algebra Problem,
Woman'S Advice to Girls

Girls of today would make better
and more practical marriages if they
were taught to study the qualifications
of the men they meet and to con-
slider them in the same light as they
do algebra problems at school, is the
advice of Mrs. Frank Dechant.
Mrs. Dechant drew a square on the
blackboard, its four corners indicating
what, she said, were the four neces-
sary adjuncts to good husband-abil-
ity, reliability, endurance and action.
To discover whether a man has these
qualifications, she declared, was the
problem every girl has to solve at least
once in her lifetime, and she should
be as carefully trained for it as she
is for her school examinations.
She advocated mothers talking over
with their daughters the characteris-
tics of the young men they know, not
only to gain their opinions on the SUBJ
iect, but to give advice and counsel
to them for their future life.
Every girl, she said should be sure
that the man she chooses has an
abundance of the four qualifications
before she makes up her mind to mar
~ him, and she can only be sure IL
she has been taught and. trained be-
fOrehand in a calm, dispassionate man
ner.
She also advocated talks on home
making, division of income and prac-
teal methods of housekeeping as
part of all girls education, whether
they are working girls or not.-Phila.
delphia North American.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

who edited the Oxford dictionary, the
most ambitious literary project of its
kind ever attempted at any time in
any country. DR.. Thomas Ross, the
tramp" poet; u. Comyns Carr" the
dramatist who translated Madame
Sans Gene" and Mrs. Amy Bullen,
widow of the author of 1.-THE Cruise of
the Cachelot" and other sea stories,
are also on the list.
To be eligible to the pension, says
the Morning 0regonian, the recipient
must have been eminent in literature.
except in the case of dependent, and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

looking man, who rose up hastily from
table near where the other had sat.
HE took my gold-headed umbrella.
in charge of police officer, the
scoundrel!''a
Without a moments hesitation he
dashed out of the house in hot pursuit
of the constituencies villain. And the
proprietor, cold, hard, unsympathetic
kind of man, has somehow begun to
suspect that neither of them will ever
come back. = Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

w ltCl Y SAAN
her girlhood, to
find out what has
become of the
companions of her
youth. If she can
afford a visit to
the old home, both
h er tim e a n q
money in crafty
ing the yearning
are well spent.
In the small
towns far remote
from the g r e a t
city, the years
that flow onward
do not b ri n G
m a ny changes,
except that those
who were rich
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

f.ssSss~ssSss4 just getting of an age where
i2sNSkJ the question of spouses for
them becomes an absorbing
sopic for polite drawing rooms.
Will they be forced into matches of
g0hcy? VIII these be distasteful to
ahem? viii they insist on wedding
emily whom they love? And will the
little boy with the arrows misbehave
and shoot dart into a royal heart as
It's owners eyes are gazing on mere
nobility or even lower in the social
scale?
These are some of the directions
which comment takes. OF course, no
sae really knows much about it. The
subjects of discussion observe a dis
eject silence. RumOrS and reports fly
shout, and even the newspapers now
and then open thir columns to the de-
AciOuS bits which are being turned
Dger in the mouths of gossipy dowag-
as these days.
Then there's the war. 1t shuts off O
good many avenues of speculation, for
an alliance with the enemy would be
Hnthinkable. At the same time 1t In
creased the likelihood, so the argu-
nent goes, of matchmaking with one
81 the royal families whose people are
hraving the Teuton shell side by side
with the Tommies.
The prince of Wales, Edward AL
bert, thin, sickly looking, retiring,
but spirited youth, who is said to have
shown beneath his apparent weakness
n splendid constitution amid the rig
9rs of warfare, is now twenty-five
years old.
Now, that would not be a very des-
Perate age, matrimonially speaking,
DOR any ordinary young man. But for
prince, it Is a dangerous point. The
old ladies of the teacupS are quite wor-
Eied about him, and if left to them he
would soon have more wives than a
sultan.
Leaving out the princesses of Ger
many (religiOn would hinder matches
with those of Austria Hungary and
Bulgaria), there are to begin with, the
&hree elder daughters of the car,
and seventeen years respectively !;
Princess Marguerite, daughter of
Prince Waldemar of Denmark, twenty
one years old the Roumanian primo
esses. Elizabeth and Marie, who are
I'm their twenty-Second and seventeenth
years. respectively; Princess Yolanda
of Italy, and the other Princess Mar
guerite, daughter of Prince Charles of
Sweden, who has just passed seven
teen.
Then there are cousins, Princess Vic
tOria and Helen of Teck, who are nine
teen and seventeen years old, respec-
lively.
The match which would be received
with acclaim throughout the two
mightiest empires of the earth would
be the one uniting the ears eldest
daughter, Olga, with the prince of
Wales.
Here would be the marriage of d.
pIomacy par excellence. The dowag-
ers' hearts tlutter indeed in contempla-
ton of il.
Think what would happen if-if-
they should marry and then the little
'czarevitch should die. Why, their son
might unite Holy Russia and the Brit
ltsh lionl Not all history could pro-
lduce another coup like that.
But hearts are hayward. The
prince might go aStray in Petrograd.
Olga is charming girl, all agree, yet
her sister, Tatiana, is admitted TO be
the great beauty of the family, state
!ly. yet winSome and willowy Slav. who
might easily put bit Of stubbornness
into young royal heart against which
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
But Neither Came Back

A man who had just finished a COM
Portable meal at restaurant the oth-
er evening suddenly rose from his
chair. caught up his hat and umbrella
that stood against the wall and rushed
out of the building
"Stop him !" exclaimed the proprle-
tor ssTnat fellow went out without
paying"
"Tu stop him." said a determined
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

notwithstanding that payment is a
form of charity there is never dearth
of applicants. The uncertainty of the
rewards of literature is nowhere bet
ter illustrated than in the case of
Doctor Murray, one of the most emil
nent philologists of his time, who gave
many years to the perfection of his
great work but died poor.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
BRITISH OFFICERS PENSlONED
Become Eminent in Literature
, or Their Dependents.

BY a curious coincidence of fate,
William III. Mallock, who wrote rs
Life Worth Livlng?" is among the au-
thors TO be placed on the British civil
pensions list, according to the most
recent announcement. Another re-
riptsnt of government bounty is Lady
Murray. widow of Sir James Murray,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
ParaIyzed Him Anyway.

The One-O u r
friend Buttinski is
suffering from an
athletic stroke.
The Other-You
mean a paralytic
stroke, don't you?
The One-0h,
either is correct,
He was struck by
a professional box
er.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Another Point of View.

Brains will tell, my boy" said the
man who thought he was in the wise
class.
Brains do not tell" replied the con-
trary person. IF they did all the
world would be in the secret and
brains wouldn't be worth any more
than the market price at a butcher
shop. SeeT"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Rapid Transit.

Are those col
ors fast?" asked
the woman at the
cheap dress goods
counter.
They are the
swiftest ever, mad
am, replied the
truthful clerk. "Af-
ter they once get
started they run so
fast you couldn't
catch them with
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

Parker-Mrs. HowelIs evidently
practices her pieces at home before
singing them in the choir.
Harker-Why do you think so?
Parker-Because her husband never
attends church.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Well Mated.

Windig-Tve got a dog that can do.
almost anything but talk
Bifkins-Well, you and the dog,
ought TO make a good team.
Windig-What do you mean by that1
Bilkins-About all you do is talk.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

Hazel-Don't you think Mr.. Cumso
has rather an arch look?
Aimee-Yes, now that you mention
it, he is awfully bow-legged.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Doubtful Honor.

Little Lemuel-Say, paw, what is
an empty title?
Pawn empty title. son, is your
maw's way of referring to me as the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

Chile will send an official commits
sion to the United States TO make a
thorough study of agricultural and in
dustrial hydraulics.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
AS Suggested.

"Since leaving college," said young
Sapleigh, 81 am at a loss to find any
thing to take up my mind"
eff you will permit me-" rejoined
Miss Knox, 81 would suggest that you
try small piece of plotting paper"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Just So.

"Why do you call life a hurdle
racer" she inquired.
Because we are always jumping
at conclusions" he replied.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
after LONG YEARS
By LAURA JEAN LlBBEY.
Copyright, 1850
If should meet thee
After long years,
How should 1 greet thee
With silence or tears?

In many a woman's heart there is
a longing to go back to the place
uyharo che SnpOt
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

City Furnishes Free Light.
The city of Ashland, Ore, supplies
it's citizens with free electricity for
porch illumination.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
s kaS5EE
Gathered Smiles

head of the house when there are visi-
tors present.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
AS Others See Us.

racing automobile.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

ONDON.-King George and
Queen Mary's children are
just getting of an age where
the question of spouses for
them becomes an ahsorhinp
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26

national guard passes without their
Significance sinkinsAdesp into the
national conscience. Generalization
OF the militia has been q failure: The
regular army cannot be recruited be-
yond a certain point, and that point,
as Secretary Baker admits, depends
upon the demand for labor in the in-
dustries.
Nothing remains but the right
way, the way the nation must final
~ come to, and that way, as demon
strated by the experience Of every
country as well as our, own, is to in
sist that every citizen have such
training in time Of peace IS will en-
able him to do his share in his
country's defense if the need comes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
Of. j.. CALI
f0RN|A IN TWO DAYS

Algona, Dec. 23.-Peter Hagg and
family are back in Algona, and the
story of their nine days experience
since leaving and returning is q sim
[gular one. Tie Hagg family lived
north of the Milwaukee road on a
small faym and for some time back
had entertained the California idea
or fever. Mr.. Hagg had been in Call
ifornia three or four times, but the
boys had not, and they longed for
grape and orange culture and all the
fine things that California boasts Of.
$50 last summer they sold their home
and prepared to go to the golden
west, and by Thanksgiving day they
were ready to start, and the parents
and six children did start on that
day. Their objective point was Sac
|ramento, near which place they *
|pected to buy n of those ideal
farms. But w before they reach
cd that place the spell had vanished.
The appearance of the country as
they Travelled was anything but
pleasing. They scarcely stopped at
Sacramento, and went on $50 miles
farther, to Red Bluffs, in hope of
finding a country more pleasing to
them, but no where did they see any
thing like beautiful Iowa, and they
voted unanimously to return to It.
So after spending two days within
the borders of Enchanting" Cali
|fornia, they returned, and after
spending practically nine days on
the trains, they reached Algona.
They have. rented a house and will
buy a plot Of land and build in the
spring. q. "a
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
Safeguarding b
Of FOODS AND DRUGS

Washington, D. c., Dec. 23.-In'
the enforcement of the Food and
Drugs Act during the last year, u.
s. Department Of Agriculture ofic-
ials analysed 1888 samples Of foods
and drugs offered for Interstate ship
ment and for import. A physical ex-
animation was made of samples from
76,468 shipments offered for import.
OF these foreign shipments, $3.50
were found to violate the law in
some respects and were either ex-.
cl uded-from the country or admitted
only after the importers had relabel-
ed them to comply with the law. OF
the samples of domestic products am
alyzed 1856, either because of the
nature of the product or because the
label on it did not tell the truth,
were found to be in violation Of the
Federal law. In 1864 cases the De-
partment recommended to the De-
partment of Justice that criminal
prosecution be instituted against the
manufacturers or that the goods be
seized. In many cases where there
was no evidence of intention to de-
fraud, and where there was merely
some easily remedied flaw in the
wording Of a label, the shippers, af-
Ew-rg M.tHs4 HAN#Laaf WEs stNAl
ter being warned in hearings, voiun-
tarily took steps which made their
products fully comply with the re-
'nuirements. In all, there were held
'S,,715 such hearings, many of which
resulted in the prosecutions indicat-
ed and the gathering of. evidence for
a large number of additional cases,
which will be forwarded to the De-
partment Of Justice.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
A Good Fellow Parable.

There have been SO many Good
Fellows in this city this winter that
they, will be interested in knowing
OF other Good Fellows all over the
|country. Good Fellows live in Des
Moines, in Waterloo and Sioux City
and every where that there is need
of sunshine or aid of some s%ortythere
exist the ones who want to help-if
they only know how to go about it.
From the Waterloo Courier is the
following Good Fellow Parallels
A Good Fellow died and stood be-
fore the throne of judgment, asking
admittance into the Holy City.
"Are you a believer in the true
Christi asked st. Peter.
mo, 1 fear l am not" replied the
Good Fellow. g" tried very hard,
but 1 never could understand theol-
|ogy."
"Then why do YOU come here seek
ing to pass thru the pearly gates?
What have you to.say for YOURSELF"
Invent to church twice a year, at
Easter and Christmastime; 1 was
good to my wife, I didn't drink or
swear; / paid my taxes and kept out
|of Jail"
rs that ail?" inquired st. Peter,
stern1y.
The Good Fellow looked abashed,
and fidgeted about uneasily trying to
think of some other good deed he
had done. At last his countenance
beamed with ? happy thought.
~ belonged to the tribe Of Good