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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
POULTRY POINTERS

In preparing fowls for shipment by
parcel post, the chief object is to keep
the skin from being torn or rubbed.
Dry picking is recommended.
The floor of the duckhouse must be
kept dry and should be well Uttered
with clean, dry straw.
Strange as it may seem, while ducks
Will thrive If they have access to a
stream of water or pond, they must
have dry quarters at night.
Growing chicks will grow best when
they can rOost where there is clean
perches and only a roof over their
heads.
Sulphate of iron Is q blood tonic.
as well as an effectual remedy against
the small round worms frequently dis
covered in the intestines of the birds.
Any of the larger breeds of ducks
will yield quite a great deal in the
way of feathers in a years time Feath-
ers should not be plucked during the
cold weather.
Ducks are conveniently kept in
fiocks of about thirty. house Is by
10 feet is large enough for this num-
Der.
When fowls become lame first in one
leg and then In both, it Is caused by
some liver trouble. Sometimes the
birds at the same time become very
light. There is no cure. Prevent by
not feeding pepper or spices, not too
heavy of corn.
Cleaning out the houses several
times week, will not only give a
purer air, but it will greatly help In
killing disease germs
Access to swimming water is not at
all necessary in order to successfully
raise Pekin ducks.
Where there is nervous, quick jerk
ing of the legs, making the fowl step
high while walking, it is an affection
similar to stringhalt in horses. While
this cannot be cured it does no par
ticufar harm. 1t is nerve trouble.
An excellent substitute for meat
foods is cottage cheese. You may feed
1t to fowls of any age and will find it
very nutritious. Give about three feeds
each week of the cheese.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Rice Thrown Away at One
Wedding Equal to Soldiers
Food Ration for Whole Day.

The custom of throwing rice at Weu~
dings is a wasteful one, in the opin-
ion of C. f. Vail of the Colorado Agrl-
cultural college.
1T is unnecessary, to say the least
he declares, "and if one stops TO con-
slider the probable amount thus wasteu
in the entire United States each year,
one is the more impressed with the ap-
surdity of the custom. At the present
time, when the whole country 10
aroused to the need of food productloa
and food conservation, the throwing
of rice at weddings is matter for the
attention of those who are trying TO
solve the food problem. Rice has
fuel value of 1870 large calories per
pound, as compared with 1906 calorles
from white bread, 1865 from cornmeai
and 325 from potatoes. The united
States soldiers food ration is about
1920 calories per day. In throwing
away three pounds of rice there are
wasted 1890 food calories. The lesson
should be quite obvious"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
SCRAPS

Coast guard stations Will be
equipped with airplanes for rescue and
observation work.
When water in minnow pail can
not be changed often a bicycle pump
blowing air in the water Is worth
while.
A parachute which can be guided
nv pulling cords that draw in its sides
has been invented in France.
new pocket to protect valuables
betng carried about is designed to be
attached to the lining of shoes.
A deer's new horns are called ''vel-
vetp because they grow inside of a
touph skin which is coarse and brown.
axe nlush. For long tire he will not
Hbrash his horns in the brush.
luminous paint for automobiles in
vented In England is said to be 50 eff
sactive that car coated with it is Wis
nile at night for two miles without the
SO If lamps.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Brain Workers Need Food
High in Energy Material,
Says Expert on Dietetics

A man engaged in mental work is
generally supposed to need a diet
having about the same energy value
as that of a man doing very light me-
chanical work, because the consump-
ton of energy in mental work is not
great. But the Medical Record calls
attention to the opinion expressed by
DR.. w. M. Bayliss, professor of gen.
eral physiology, University college,
London, in book on the physiology of
food.
Doctor Bayliss points out that while
the oxygen actually consumed by the
nerve centers in their work may not
be great it has to be supplied at high
pressure. This is proved by the
fact that even a momentary stoppage
of the blood supply causes immediate
Inconsistencies although the oxy-
gen in the brain has not been
exhausted. From this it seems posi-
bic that although the actual quantity
of food needed may not be great
"yet this food may require to be pre-
sented at high pressure, and that to
attain the high pressure it may be
necessary to take diet of an energy
equivalent to that of a moderate mus
cufar work"
Doctor Bayliss holds that from the
food standpoint no benefit is derived
from alcohol Also that there is no
special virtue in butchers meat and
chosen, can supply all that is neces-
sary for complete diet, but at the
same time he considers diet of pure
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Frenchman viii Not Retire.

When he has laid by pile" which
the EngliShman or American would
consider ample to justify him in taking
a house in the suburbs, "climbing" in
society and retiring from business, the
Frenchman still clings TO business.
Although his everyday expenses are
very probably less, he has as a rule
far heavier drains on his purse. Each
of his daughters will claim handsome
dowry if she is to be married well, and
these dowries must be paid without inn
poverishing the business.
This system of interviewer family
and business arrangements naturally is
associated with the closeness of the
ties of French families. A man and
wife would as soon think of deserving
each other as of deserving their sin
laws"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
|: JAPANESE KNOW NO PRIVACY

The Bay of KiZuki is Japanese
watering place, and. like any water
ing place in America, it has fine
sandy beach stretching half a mile be-
tween two long green hills and a great
hotel and casino and good fishing. In
addition to these things it has sacred
temple and a wonderful rock
The hotel Is sufficiently different
from any outside the Orient, for it's
every room is open to the street, and
you may see at a glance dozens of
families playing, eating, sleeping. The
Japanese doNnot know privacy as the
Occident knows it. They go about all
things openly Which has led some
observers to call them nation Of
monkeys and others to say that they
are the most natural people in the
world.
All day at Kizuki bay the people will
disport themselves as, man has dis
ported by the sea since before his
memories began. The water will be
filed with splashing figures and the
md women, the deep outlaws of men.
There is music, too, of the Japanese
cort, and men put out in boats to fish
and sail in the safe little harbor with
In the arms of the hills.
But the event of the day comes in
the evening, when the sun drops into
the bay, turning it into gold and the
protecting arms of the hills are
plunged in night. Then does the lone
rock spire of Kizuki bay stand out in
q silhouette of majestic curves against
a fiery sky. And all the people come
humblest japanese the severe beauty
of a rock spire against a sunset sky
is solace and inspiration.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
No Sanctified Constitutions.

"Sone men," wrote Jefferson in his
old age, "look at constitutions with
sanctimonious reverence, and deem
them like the ark of the covenant-too
sacred to be touched. They ascribe to
the men of the preceding age wisdom
more than human, and suppose what
they did to be beyond amendment.
knew that age well; | belonged to 1T
and labored with it. 1t deserved well
Of its country. 1t was very like the
present, but without the experience of
the present. am certainly
not an advocate of frequent and I'M
tried changes in laws and consdtu-.
tons. But / know also that
laws and constitutions must go hand in
hand with the progress of the human
mind."-New Republic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31

these men to aid him in the works Of
peace. They liked him, trusted him
and they stood Loyalty to the road
building task, which was completed
more quickly than anyone knowing the
ordinary inclinations of Philippine
laborers thought could be the case.
Col. Walter K Wright of the Twenty
third infantry, now stationed at SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, is likely to find himself
promoted shortly to the command of a
brigade. Wright will fight and he will
-ook after his men; and when this is
said it covers the entire military case
as the true soldier views 1t.
Wright's quick thinking made him
an army officer In the New York dis
trict in which he lived as boy a com
petitive examination was held for the
appointment to West Point Wright
was candidate. 1t was question as
to which of six youngsters best had
stood the test, and so the examining
board called them up TO ask them
some questions. The first question
put was, "Why do you want to go to
West Point?"
The first five thoughtlessly answered,
Because we want to get an educa-
tion." In other words, the youngsters
implied that they wanted nothing more
than to be educated at Uncle Sans ex-
pense.
The sixth boy to be asked the ques-
ton was Wright. He had heard the
answers of the others. His answer
was, Because I want to be soldier
He is soldier.
There are many men to be promoted
to high commands in the new army.
OF some of the others and their record
it will be the duty and the delight of
one who knows most of them to say a
word later.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Dramatic Surprises.

Strange meetings occur often enough
in war hospitals. Several medical OF
ficers have found their brothers among
their patients. A certain territorlai
battalion had two medical officers IN
peace time, of whom the senior went
abroad with the unit. In course OF
time the colonel fell sick, and was
brought down to a base hospital,
where he passed directly into the
charge of his Junior medical officer
without any prearrangement whatever
A patient Who had served for several
months in France was lying In
double-hedded room. Suddenly, and
rather to his annoyance, stable COM
panion was given to him in the middle
of the night, who proved in the morn
ing to be his brother, recently arrived
from Gallipoli.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
A HospitabIe Cracker"

A young lawyer down in Florida
was running for certain office and,
with the idea of getting their vote, I'M
dertook to cultivate the acquaintance
of all the crackers" Country people)
for miles around.
Stopping his horse one evening in
front of little shanty, he inquired OF
the old man lounging against the door
if he might spend the night at his
home. 'Sure, partner" said the old
man, "stop and light" The lawyer
lighted" and followed him into his
abode, which consisted of one ROOM
with bearskin stretched out in one
corner, the trophy of hunt and also
the only bed Of the hunter. A pump
kin served him for a pillow. In an
swer to the lawyers wondering look
as to where he was going to sleep, the
cracker" pointed to the bearskin,say-
ing with great magnanimity: "Stran-
ger, / tell We what We'll do--ye take
the punllin and the b'arskin, and I'll
rough it !''-Everybody's
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
10000 900 Rabbits Needed
For Felt Hats Made in the
United States Every Year.

Did you know that the felt hat you
are wearing represents the fur of
three or four rabbits?
It's a fact, declares the San Fran
cisco Examiner.
And it's also true that there are
about 100000 felt hats made in the
United States every year.
Figure it out for yourself. At the
minimum of three rabbits per hat
that number of hats means 100000
rabbits year.
Of that number less than two per
cent are killed in the United States
according to a paper read before the
Society of Chemical Industry in New
York by G. D. Parks. Most of the
other SO per cent come from Aus
tralia, where the rabbit, introduced
long ago as a pet, has become a ma
tional pest.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Iapan's Physique Falling.

Interpellating the Japanese govern
ment about the health of the nation,
Baron Kenkwan Takagi, well-known
medico-scientist, speaking in the house
of peers, declared that there was a
gradual enfeeblement in the physique
of the young men which was discour-
aging. He asked whether the govern
eminent was considering any measures
for the improvement of the health con-
ditions of the empire? In reply. Pre-
mier Count Terauchi said the govern
ment was not satisfied with the pres
ent national hygiene and would adopt
all possible measures to bring about
en- Improvement
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Very Particular.

Butcher can
recommend the
ham. ma'am. It's
well cured.
Mrs. Gre e n
Oh, don't give me
one that had any
thing the matter
with it even if it
is cured now. Let
me have a per-
f e thy healthy
one.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31

The Venezuelan government by law
has prescribed a standard of purity
for butter, and has forbidden the sale
of any that is adulterated.
Either direct or alternating cleo
trio current. or one supplied by dry
batteries, when neither of the former
is available, will operate newly in
vented dental engine.
South African farmers are planting
larger areas in sisal than they have
done in the past, recognizing that the
cost of operation decreases as the size
of the plantation Is enlarged.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31

Visitors to Sing Sing will be barred
from seeing the death chair under a
new order.
The supply of singing birds has been
cut off by the war and canary prices
are soaring.
The Big Horn or Rocky Mountain
sheep can travel as far over the noun
tain peaks in few minutes as hun
ter can 60 in two hours.
The German Mauser can fire faster
than any other rifle used in the war.
The magazine holds five cartridges,
picked in charges
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Some Fixer.

81 say, Arnold, l want to apologize
for the nasty temper / displayed last
night. Your wife and sister must have
thought i was crazy"
ooh, no, they didn't. fixed that all
right"
mighty good of you, old man.
Thanks"
eyes. / told them you were drunk"
Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
One of Them Did.

AS good a real kid story as you've
probably noticed for while is related
herewith: The four-year-old son was
having lunch with his grandmother
At his proposal they agreed to play
father and mother" He was the IA
Their and she was the nother. After
the few words of grace he bent for.
ward, in excellent imitation Of his IA.
Their, and said, well, mother, and have
the children said anything cute to-
day?-Philadelphia Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Statistical Notes.

Formosa contains 100000
goats.
United States has 450 auto fac
tories.
Japan last year paid S54,835
600 for fertilizers.
Chile has COLA miles of gov
ernment-owned railways.
Youngstown, o., is to have
S259,000 art museum.
Philadelphia is to have new
$4,000 hospital for children.
Denmark in 1916 sent Germany
2S,500 tons of pork and lard.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31

NereSt TO young men who are to serve
their country to know into whose
keeping their leadership is to be COM
united. The names of the men selected
flor high service with the new National
army have not yet been made public,
but 1t is virtually known that the ma
1or generals will be chosen from Off
GERS of regulars now holding the rank
of brigadier general, and that the brig
adler generals will be chosen from reg
ulars now holding either the rank of
colonel or of lieutenant colonel
On June s last the president sent to
the senate nominations for new major
generals and brigadier generals for the
regular army. 1t must be understood
that these men were named for regular
service and not for National army
service. 1t is probable, however, that
several of the regular brigadiers will
be made major generals of the new
forces.
1t will cause no surprise if Col. John
w. Heard of the Fifth cavalry shall be
10 general officer of the new forces.
Young Americans may know that if
they get Heard as a commanding Off
Ger they will get soldier with fight
ing record.
Heard wears medal of honor given
to him by a vote of congress for con-
spicuous personal gallantry. During
the Spanish war the transport to
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31

ly vegetable origin unsafe, because not
enough is known yet about the proper
ties of the several vegetables stuffs,
The proteins of vegetables are not so
easily digested as are those of meats,
but in compensation more of the food
can be taken, and the digestive organs
need bulk
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
The Difference.

'How was it when those two young
fellows started out together to get
work, one was employed so much
sooner than the Others"
81 guess it was because the latter
waited to accept a position, while the
former went out and looked for
job"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31

Judd-I'ye just
paid $3.50 for this
diamond ring for
my wife.
B u d ID t s a
beauty, but isn't
it rather-er-ex-
travagant?
Judd-Not a bit.
Think what it
will saw e In
gloves.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Among Colleagues.

'Do you regard our friend as a
statesman"
"No," replied Senator Sorghum.
Hes the sort of man that gets
credit for being a statesman when he's
only public expert"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Risks Compared.

$50 you think an automobile is safer
than a horseY'
in some respects" replied Broncho
Bob; sit isn't customary as yet to
hang a man for stealing an automo-
bile"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
The SEQUEL.

Troublesome Gentleman Ito solicit
or, after long rigmarole) -That, Mr..
Jones, is the Genesis of the whole
matter.
Solicitor (opening the door)-And
this, my dear sir, is the Exodus.-The
Taller.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
Appropriate Need.

81 want a hacker for my new air
ship invention
Naturally, a flying scheme would
be all the better for an angel"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
SOME SMILES
Lots of Fun.

Lots of Fun.
Rose-What a pity, dear, you are
engaged so young. You will never have
the fun of refusing a man.
Bud-No, but I've had the fun OF &C
cepting one.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
President soon z0iX appoint a
numbey Of mQ1or.gene,ub and
b,Igadier-generaLS to command
the .'Libe,1y Bays" Of 1911 ::
Edzvayd B.. C2a,kgiUes Ualor0aS
recora5 ofsome Hkeycandidates

S SOON as the various and
perhaps multitudinous rec
concentrations can be stud
led and the majority APP
proval determined, major
generals and brigadier gen.
erals will be named to COM
mand divisions and brigades
in the new National army.
1t may be a matter of in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
| MUST
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS.

Too many of live little Negative lives doing the tn
merely pass way We little reachn
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-08-31
A Lesson in Economy.

cepting one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-27

ameter. The largest leaf was ten inches
wide and ten feet long the Sr5rTTT%
produced eight ears of corn, the larg
ct Of which was nineteen inches long
four inches III diameter, and held $50
grains There were 4ixty-eight ears on
nine stalks
= " these immense stalks grew out
Of the ground there came with them
what was known as bracer or storm
roots, which grew up to as high as
four feet, ana III that way they acted
as a support for the giant stem.
To show the reporter that the stalk
growing in the yard was of the same
character he was taken and shown the
plant. There on the base OF the stem
were the Storm roots. only they Were
stuntcd
Mr. Akin explained that he did not
know anything about planting corn and
| therefore did not chilli the ground
| Therefore, he said, the storm roots could
not grow and simply bled to death
But the stalk had grown to matur
Ity. 1t stands there maiesticallv, like
some power from an unknown world
Who knows but that its ancestor heard
the voices of strange people and lis
tened to the romantic whispering OF
| other winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-27

In the year 1000 there were about
SIX million persons who spoke Eng
fish, Il much smaller number than spoke
French. German, Italian or Spanish
Today English speaking people number
about one hundred and twenty millions
or about double the aggregate Of those
who speak French, Italian or Spanish
and half rs many again as speak Ger
man or Russian
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-27
MOTHERS, Do THIS
When the Children Cough, Rub
Muster0le on Threats
and Chests

No telling how soon the symptoms may
develop into Group, or worse. And then's
when you're glad you have a jar of Mus
terole at hand to give prompt, sure re.
lief It does not blister
AS first aid and a certain remedy
Musterolc IS excellent. Thousands OF
mothers know it. You should keep a
jar in the house, ready for instant use.
1t is the remedy for adults, too. Re-
lieves sore threat, bronchitis, tonsilitis
Group, stiff neck. asthma, neuralgia, head.
ache, congestion. pIeurisy, rheumatism
lumbago, pains and aches of back or
joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains
frosted feet and colds of the chest (it
often prevents pneumonia).
Soc and Coo jars; hospital size $3.50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-27

Young folks in the country often
make love at a rafting gate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
Ten Per Cent.
OF K. Of C. men
Will SERVE U. S,
Local Council Plans Send
Of For Men Called
to Colors.

The Knights OF Columbus OF this
city have made arrangements to give
q send off to the members OF the Park
City council, non 16, who have been
called to the service OF their country.
Al complimentary dinner will be held
at Tho Stratfeld, Tuesday evening.
Sept. 4, at TsS0 and the members Of
the council will have an opportunity
to meet and give their fellow mem
bers an appropriate send off.
There will be two or three speakers
but the main purpose will be q get
together dinner. According to the rec
ords so far complied and Judging the
balance to be called in the local di-
visions during the coming week about
60 members will be called In the first
Hraft- In addition to this number
/ there have been so members enlisted
In the army and navy, In an branches
Iof the service.
This number viii make about 10 per
tcent. OF the local membership that
Will be in the service and the local
council Is proud to put Forth such q
record that Is probably equal to that
OF any fraternal order in the country.
The dinner win be open to al menu
beers and also such friends as they
wish to invite. Arrangements have
been made for limited number only
| land applications for reservations
should be fled at the club as early as
possible. sg3s
| A meeting OF the committee to ar-
range further details viii be held at
the club Sunday at ii g. m The COM
mittee in charge Of arrangements con-
sists OF Joseph A Morris, g. K, DIR.
Albert Mclaughlin, DR.. J. r. Flynn,
Charles johnson, George Farley, Wal