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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Spider Is Credited With
Being Original Inventor
of Familiar Diving Bell

1t is said that the diving bell was
invented by the spider; at least, that
it was used by that insect long before
hydraulic engineers made one for the
same purpose.
The diving bell is cup-shaped body,
with an open end that is let into the
water. The air is caught in the bell
and keeps the water from rising be-
yond certain level at any specified
depth, permitting anyone inside to
breathe
The Improvement of the diving bell
known as the caisson is a huge pipe
which has compartments, into which
air is pumped from above. The spi-
der's bell is filled more in this manner
than in any other.
The spiders abdomen is so made
that bubble of air can be caught I'M
derneath it and carried into it's struc-
ture. In this little water house the
spider spends the winter and rears it's
young. The house also acts as lair
from which the spider, known as the
naiad, can jump on unsuspecting prey.
Another peculiar thing about the
naiads is that they never get wet.
They have thousands of small hairs
on their bodies which prevent the
air from being washed off and which
protect them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Average Life of a Tank in
Battle Was At Days,
According to Figures

The average life of tank in battle
was forty-seven days, and nearly one
half of the American fleet of seventy
eight were put out Of action the first
day of the Argonne battle Brig. Gen.
Samuel D. Rockenbach, tank corps
commander, has disclosed these figures
to the senate military committee in
urging continued development of tanks,
pointing out that damage to the tanks
and casualties among the crews were
light.
In August, 1917, he said, the United
States had no tanks, but obtained 100
from the French in September. In the
st. Mihiel fighting AT French, British
and American tanks took part. In the
Argonne, while the American fleet of
seventy-eight tanks was reduced to
forty-eight the. second day and to
twenty-four ultimately, only six were
hit by shells.
At one time plans were considered
for equipping taxicabs with "tin COW
ers," lacking tanks, General Rocken-
bach said, as it was known that the
enemy would surrender when the fight
ing machines hove in sight, so great
was the fear of tanks.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Wild Duck with Turnips.

Cut up the bird in neat pieces for
serving. Slice one large onion and one
carrot; melt four tablespoonfuls of
sweet fat in a saucepan, add the vege-
tables; cook until nicely Drowned,
Strain off the fat, add a cupful of
stock and one bay leaf, place in the
oven and cook for one hour. Peel
eight turnips, cut four of them into
quarters and fry in hot butter until
brown; put them with the duck to
finish cooking. Boil the other turnips
until tender in sailed water; mash.
and rub through a sieve; put them in
a saucepan with one tablespoonful of
butter to season and salt and pepper
to taste; add quarter of a cup of
cream and heat again. Take up the
duck, dish it on the hot mashed tur
nips and arrange the fried quarters
around it. Strain the sauce from the
duck, thicken with flour, season and
serve in a sauceboat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
THE OPEN WINDOW

My tower was grimly builded,
With many bolt and bar,
"And here 1 thought, Il will keep my
life
From the bitter world affair."
Dark and chill was the stony floor,
Where never a sunbeam lay,
And the mold crept up on the dreary
wall,
With its ghost touch, day by day.
One rnorn, in my sullen musings,
A flutter and cry I heard;
And close at the rusty easement IN
There chung a frightened bird. g.
Then back flung the shutter
That was never before undone,
And 1 kept till it's wings were rested
The little weary one.
But in through the open window,
Which I had forgot to close,
There had burst gush of sunshine
And summer scent of rose.
For all the while I had burrowed
There in my dingy tower,
Lo! the bird had sung and the leaves had
danced
From hour to sunny hour.
And such balm and warmth and beauty
Came drifting in since then,
That the window still stands open
And shall never be shut again.
Edward Roland Sill.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Estimate Shows 100000
Women and Girls Did Red
Cross Work During War

The war achievement of the Amer
lean women who are now being mo-
bilized for the Third Red Cross roll
call, November 2 to IL, is revealed in
the announcement by Atlantic divi-
sion headquarters that in two years
they produced nearly $100O00,00O
worth of surgical articles and gar
ments. During the "a months ending
April 80 last the figures show Red
Cross chapter workers turned out 375,-
174,S25 surgical dressings, hospital
garments, refugee garments and
knitted comforts for the soldiers and
sailors, the estimated value of which
was $9S,1S4, 359.
In number of articles produced, the
Atlantic division ranks first among
the Is divisions of the national organ
ization. The women of the three
STATESMEN York, New Jersey and
onnecticut-produced 77,S59,904 ar
ticles with a valuation of $15,597, 428.
1t is estimated that 100000 women
and girls participated in this ire
mendous work throughout the coun-
try, and it is among them largely that
the Red Cross is now recruiting the
100000 workers who will assist in
the enrolment of members for 1920
during the ten days ending Armistice
day, when a really universal men,
bership will be sought to maintain the
effectiveness of the organization built
up in the war for the big peace pro-
gram of the Red Cross.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
SHANTUNG
Eias 100000 People; Size ci
Small State

If you wish to realize the blessings
Of your native land, where there is
plenty of room and plenty to eat, go
and look at the province of Shantung,
writes Niksah.
Shantung has thirty million people,
but it is no bigger than the state Of
Illinois. Not a scrap of anything is
wasted in Shantung. The Chinese
girls there weave the discarded queues
of their brothers into the hair nets
that American girls wear when they
go motoring. The silk worm, which
probably yields more wealth in pro-
portion to what he eats than any 9TH
er creature, is the most important do
nestle asset.
The great majority of the thirty mil
lion Chinese in Shantung just barely
exist.
To add to the misery of this human
mass, the ruthless Hwano-HO river
splits the province of Shantung with
a yellow flood, which once year rises
over its banks, and kills and destroys.
1t is held back by bikes that tower
above the homes of the poor, keeping
them always in the shadow of death.
AS everywhere else in the civilized
world, an aristocracy, both oriental
and European, sits on the shoulders
of this impoverished yellow mass.
Tsing-Tau the chief port, is a sort of
Chinese Atlantic City full of splendid
hotels and homes, rich and beautiful.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17

these qualities will have little trouble
visers with whom he discusses the
training he desires.
Representatives of the federal board
are busy in the great reconstruction
hospitals, making preliminary investi-
cations of men about to be discharged.
Sometimes it proves comparatively
easy to place a man in good job;
training isn't always needed. The board
acts as an employment agency to a
considerable extent. But its great task
is to seek out the men who have to
be re-educated, or who, never having
had the opportunity to secure an edu-
cation, can take advantage of this
chance.
No attempt has been made so far
to place disabled men in special schools
for cripples or to segregate them in
any way for training or other pur-
poses Experience has shown that such
segregation is harmful and that the
more a disabled man is thrown with
healthy. the quicker will be his re-
covery and the more readily will he
absorb training. For this reason use
is being made of existing educational
and trade schools throughout the
country.
More than 100000 disabled men have
already sought the assistance of the
federal board of vocational education.
and new cases come into the central
office in Washington and to the four
teen branch offices at the rate of
800 day. There are about 5000 men
10 take the training. and efforts are
being made to get disabled men to
take. training just as quickly as pos
sibe after they leave the army. When
it is considered that more than $4,000
disabled men left army hospitals be-
fore they could be told about the
board. the figures of those who hive
shown their interest are encouraging
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Nearly 1000 Bison Are in
Captivity, Records Show

The American bison has been saved.
The species was threatened with de-
struction by wild game hunters. This
has been prevented, says Boys Life,
and there are now nearly 5000 buff
faloes in captivity and some seventy
running wild in the United States, and
over 5000 in captivity and 500 in the
wild state in Canada. Only a little
over 1000 head were known to be in
existence when the protective move
ment started. Records show more
than 900 calves born in 1917.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17

millions of dollars TO the value OF his
output, has developed many new
products, and, in consequence. lowered
the cost of many others.
But the idea of salvaging human ma
terial is new. OF all the factors that
go to make up industry the wastage OF
labor has in the past been the least
considered. 1t became rather the ac-
copied fact that a disabled man should
be looked upon as fit only for the scrap
heap and that instead of being an
asset to himself and the nation he
was liability; that he should become
a charge upon the rest of his fellow
Although the world was waking to
the unsoundness of this view before
the war began, it remained for the
awakened consciousness of men that
came with the war to look at this
fact in more human as well as a
more economic way particularly when
it came to the reclaiming of wound
ed soldiers. Perhaps the very number
of those disabled forced the nations
engaged in the war to look about for
a solution of the problem of the
wounded men, but with interest once
aroused in the subject it has become
apparent that it will not stop with
the soldier and that eventually the
injured worker in any line of indus
try or commerce will be taken care of.
Ac. Of OF Of 4 H.,
great industries already have dis
covered new fields for disabled men.
Estimates of the surgeon-general
show that about 100000 men who
served i the army have received dis
abilities of such a character that a
large number of them will need special
education or training to re-establish
them in civil life where they will be
economically independent.
The government wants every dis
abled man to fit himself, by special
training, to fiji at least as useful
and important place as was his be-
fore he was disabled. The only way
he can do that is through training.
Therefore the government has pro-
vided training. in addition TO insurance
and compensation. Every man who is
entitled to compensation is entitled to
training. And the federal board for
vocational education stands ready TO
see that he gets tiff he wants it.
There's the rub-if he wants it; if
he will take 1t.
There are no limits TO the train
ing man can get. He may go to
college or law school or an agricultu-
raj college or to a school of medicine.
He can have the course, no matter
how long it takes or how much it
costs. Or he can be put in shop
or factory to learn trade and paid
while he is learning.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17

He will get for his living expenses. If
he lives alone, at least $75 per month
If his compensation does not amount
to that, the federal board will make
up the difference. His dependents. II
he has any, will receive the allotments
that went to them while he was on
active service-at least $50 per month
to his wife and $40 to each minor
child.
1t might seem, offhand, that no man
could need any persuasion to take ad-
vantage of such opportunities as the
federal board offers. But it isn't
quite so simple. If man is in a hos
pital. long way from home, and he
receives letters from his family urging
him to return as soon as he can, with
promises of love and care and rest
and comfort; if he is pretty tired
after long spell of illness and con-
finement, he doesn't feel much like
making a new effort.
He may feel that it isn't necessary.
He may know that he can get a job,
fore, without taking any training at
all.
There is an answer-and a good one
to every one of these arguments
against vocational training for men
disabled in war.
1t isn't good for a man who might
be able to fake care of himself, if he
made an effort, to turn that job over
to anyone else, no matter how closely
they are related to him. 1t saps his
self-l aspect.
He can go home for little while !:
he can have furlough before he
starts his training. Often he can
get his training so close to his home
if the training does involve separa-
ton, how about the way he'll feel
five, ten. fifteen years from now?
What does a few months of absence
mean compared with the comfort, the
stability. the self-respect he will get
with his training?
And then. suppose he can get job
at good wages just as he is? How
long can he hold it? Sooner or later
he will have to face the competition
of men who are strong and healthy.
He can meet them on even terms
only if he has training. Sentiment. in
the long run. doesn't count much in
the matter of. employment. The an
cient law of supply and demand hasn't
been repealed yet.
Experience has shown that in other
countries where something of the same
nlan being carried out by the federal
hoard has been tried, the majority of
the men who train get better jobs than
those they had before they went into
the service. Investigation has shown.
also. that few professions or trades or
yocations are too difficult for a dis
abled man. provided he has the ability
to fill them and the grit TO prepare
himself to handle them. The govern
ment is anxious to encourage initia-
tive and individuality in every possible
way, and the disabled man who shows
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17

will serve to cleanse London's murky
atmosphere. To the present no prac-
teal system that will come within the
purse of the average householder has
been devised. but experiments along
that line are being carried out by a
number of corporations.
London uses soft coal in preference
to anthracite and within an hour after
don servants arise, the air is filled
with long spirals of smoke from count.
less chimney pots. The sky soon Is
entirely obscured.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Hecla Seldom Quiet

Mount Hecla. or Hekla, is volcano
in Iceland, near the southwest coast.
about 5,110 feet high, which has been
almost constantly in state of erup-
ton since the ninth century of the
Christian era. Over 20 eruptions of
the most violent character have taken
place since A. ID. 1000. In 17S4-S5 an
appalling catastrophe took place; riv-
ers were dried up and many villages
overwhelmed or destroyed. The vol
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Squirrel Pie.

Arrange thin slices of bacon in the
bottom of deep baking dish, season
with salt and pepper; add one table.
spoonful of chopped parsley, one
tablespoonful of mixed herbs and
cupful of white sauce. Cut two SOUR
rels in serving-sized pieces and place
them over the bacon; cover with
layer of sliced potatoes and place
cover of pastry over the dish. Bake
one hour in a hot oven. Add another
cupful of white sauce through the vent
in the top, brush with egg and brown.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Rabbit.

This is a delicious dish when ten.
der young rabbit is served. Wash and
wipe the meat carefully, cut it up In
serving-sized pieces, brown in little
hot butter, then add water and a
tablespoonful of vinegar; cook slowly
until tender.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17

cano was in a state of violent eruption
from September 2. 1916, to April. 1886
Pillars of fire rose to a height of H.
900 feet and ice and snow, which had
wrapped the mountain for centuries,
melted into prodigious floods which
swept everything before them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Roast Wild Duck.

Clean and truss the duck and sprin.
kle with salt and pepper Cover the
breast with slices of salt pork, cut
very thin. Place on rack in a drip.
ping pan, add little water to the pan
and place in hot oven to cook for
half an hour basting every five min
utes with the water in the pan. Re
move the pork and serve with currant
jelly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
N1A. Mlas~seQ-
New Aid for AviatorS.

To aid aviators a New York physi-
clan has invented an instrument that
tells the direction of flight, the points
OF the compass and angle from the
perpendicular at which a plane may
be travelling.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
WISE MEN say

That working will get you
farther than whining.
That misery is rust on a mind
that has stopped working.
That the smaller the mind, the
longer it takes to make it up.
That he who lives without fol-
ly is not as wise as he imagines.
That the man who never does
anything he doesn't like rarely
likes anything he does.
That wit should be used as a
shield for defense rather than
as a sword to wound others.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Single Blade Propeller.

A propeller invented by a Massa-
chusetts man for motor boats has
single blade that oscillates like
fish's tail or the motion of an oar In
sculling.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Mothers Cook Book

To be as good as our fathers we must
be better. Imitation is discipleship.
When someone sent cracked plate to
China to have a set made, every piece
in the new set had crack in it.-Wen-
dell Phillips.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Roast Venison.

Rub half lemon over the piece of
venison to roast, lard with strips of
salt pork, cook until tender, but not
overdone-15 minutes to the pound.
Serve with .spiced wild grape jelly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Would Thin the Foo.

Coal scarcity and the uncertainty of
the supply for the coming winter are
to turn the attention of en-
gineers to some system of smoke con-
which, while saving fuel,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
Own Only Grounds Surface.

In Japan individuals own only the
surface of the ground and its products,
all mineral deposits being government
property
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17
World Is Getting Better.

The world is getting better to the
man who is doing something to make
it better, and remaining the same or
getting worse to the man who isn't.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17

Most experts in cooking of game
agree that the flavor of game birds is
better If they are not stuffed with the
usual highly seasoned forcemeat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-17

HE idea of salvaging ma
terial is old. For years
the wideawake manufac-
turer has realized the i'm
portance of utilizing
seeming waste products,
ho o1Jad
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-08

NEWSOFTHE
THEATER
:, AFTER THE, WhR3PIiAY.

First-hand information as to what
the average civilian did in London
during the Zeppelin: air raids can
best be obtained byNewing Shoots, j"
the unique character play in which
bewitching young Dorothy Gish, of
:fLittle Disturber" fame, will appear
last times at the Elko theatre to-
might. Much has been written and
said about the actions of the people
during those trying times when the
Huns swept over the citysand dropped
their tons of death on thefear.strick-
en- population. But Miss Gish shows
just whatspeople in their homes did
and Miss Gish knows, for she expert
enced nine air raids during her stay
in London.
There is no air raid in the piceure,
nor is there a German, for it is an
after the war play that has nothing
whatever to do with battles or hor-
rors of that nature. But the way
Dorothy does it in Boots" is funny,
and you don't think near as seriously
about the air raid as she does
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-08
SOLDIER BOY WINS.

One of the biggest scenes, as far
as emotional strength goes, in Petit
crews Girl Ethel 'Clayton's new
Paramount picture, to be seen in the
Elko theatre Wednesday and Thurs
day shows the return of victorious
troops from France. The story deals
with a girl who marries a poor SOL
der rather than wed a million ire
for whom she had been angling for
q long while until she met Pettigrew.
The photoplay is one of exceptional
interest and the supporting players,
headed by Monte Blue, are clever in
their respective portrayals.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-08
FLORENCE REEDS NEWEST.

Florence Reeds newest picture,
"A Woman Under Oath" which will
be shown at the Grand theatre Tues
day and Wednesday, is a dramatic,
meritorious picture of high calibre
on topical theme maintaining Keen
suspense to the very end. 1t is not
so intense as to mar its entertaining
qualities and is we'll produced, sup.
erbly directed, interpreted by an ex'
cellent cast, correctly mounted and
with a smooth running continuity
Motion Picture News.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-08
WOMAN'S CASE AMAZES
BEMIDJI

A business mans wife could not
sew or read without sharp pains in
her eyes. For years her eyes were
red and weak. Finally she tried sim
pie witchhazel, camphor, hydrastis,
ETC., as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash.
The result produced by q single bot
tie amazed everyone. We guarantee
a small bottle Lavoptik to help ANY
CASE weak, strained or inf1amed
eyes. Aluminium eye cup FREE.
Bankers Drug Store and all drug
gists.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-08
PROFESSIONAL BALL

Occasionally hear the voice of the baseball batter He
doesn't approve of professional ball.
There certain amount of argument in his favor-and
paramount argument made against him. 1t is
tionaby that healthier play baseball than watch
certain nationality produces magnificent puglist
that does prove that the nationality pugcaly
magnificent The nationality has done it in
and in several minor but in and
physical proves the do not all other
If produce certain number of Cobbs and Bakers that
make of baseball stars We would probably
develop higher of baseball talent watched the
game less and played it more
But in all sport loving is the way.
of them play and myrds of them wach-at all events
they join the ranks of spectators before the adolescen period
far behind them But they might be doing things
Men of the mediocre type love to disagree They will
quarrel about almost anything If two unknown wreers
pete before crowd the spectators divided into
excorang other of the combatants whom
they have BEFORE The two also excorate
each other
baseball crowd does the They love excoriate,
baseball park they reve in antagonisms that
They indulge carnival of mutual vitupeation
about subject of negligible Importance.
This better than recrimnation questions of
Political economy beyond the wits of the type
that bols in personal objurgaon in bapark If
fought national issue he would probably fight
wrong SIDE