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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
BOOK ONE
Which Is the Story of the Candle
and the Compass.
CHAPTER !.
THE AUTHOR.
The Melon Harvest.

Once upon a time owned a water
melon. say once because never did
1t again. When I got through owning
that melon / never wanted another.
The time was 1881; was boy of
seven and the melon was the first Of
all my harvests.
I didn't know much about myself
those days except the fact that my
name was Bart Baynes and, further.
that I was an orphan who owned a
watermelon and a little spotted hen
and lived On RattlerOad N neighbor-
hood called Lickitysplit. lived with
my Aunt Deel and my Uncle Peabody
Baynes on a farm. They were brother
and sister-he about thirty-eight and
she little beyond the far-distant goal
of forty.
MY father and mother died In a
scourge of diphtheria that swept the
neighborhood when I was q boy of
five.
A few days after I arrived in the
home of my aunt and uncle I slyly en-
tered the parlor and climbed the what
not to examine some white flowers on
its top shelf and tipped the whole
thing over, scattering its burden Of
albums, wax flowers and seashells
on the floor. My aunt came running
on her tiptocs and exclaimed: "Mercy !!
Come right out o. here this minute
you pest!"
I took some rather long steps going
cut, which were due to the fact that
Aunt Deel had hold of my hand. While
/ sat weeping she went back into the
parlor and began to pick up things.
my wreath! my wreathp heard
her moaning.
How we'll I remember that little as
semblage of flower ghosts In wax
They had no more right to associate
with human beings than the ghosts Of
fable. Uncle Peabody used to call
them the "Minervy flowers" because
they were a present from his Aunt
Minerva. When Aunt Deel returned
to the kitchen where i sat-a sorrow
ing little refugee hunched up In cor
ner-she said: 'Tn have to tell your
Uncle Peabody-ayesw
"Oh please don't tell my Uncle Pea
body" walled.
"Ayesi I'll have to tell him." she
answered ermly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
The Collectors Retorf.

Call again some day." said he to
the collector. II haven't any money
today"
"This bill has been running long
while now"
81 know it. But I'll pay 1t some day.
If | don't you can collect it from my
life insurance when l die"
I'm not so sure of that. If you
don't pay the life insurance companies
any better than you pay us, there
won't be any life insurance"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

For the first time / looked for him
with dread at the window and when
he came / hid in a closet and heard
that solemn and penetrating note in
her voice as she said:
81 guess you'll have to take that boy
away-ayes !"
"What now?" he asked.
"My stars he sneaked into the par
lor and tipped over the what-nOt and
smashed that beautiful wax WREATH"
Jerusalem four-corners he ex-
claimed. ''Tll have to"
He stopped as he was wont to do on
the threshold Of strong opinions and
momentous resolutions.
The rest of the conversation was
drowned in my own cries and Uncle
Peabody came and lifted me tenderly
and carried me upstairs.
He sat down with me on his lap and
hushed my cries. Then he said very
gently:
snow, Bub, you and me have got to
be careful. What-nots and albums
and wax flowers and haircloth sofys
are the most dangerous critters in st.
Lawrence county. They're purity saw
age. Keep your eye peeled. You can't
tell what minute they'll jump on We.
More boys have been dragged away
and tore to pieces by 'em than by all
the bears and panthers in the woods.
Keep out o. that old parlor. Ye might
as well go into a cage o. wolves. How
be goin' to make We remember it,"
II don't know" whimpered and be-
gan to cry out in fearful anticipation.
He set me in chair, picked up one
Of his old carpet-slippers and began to
thump the bed with it. He belabOred
the bed with tremendous vigor. Mean
while he looked at me and exclaimed:
"You dreadful child"
I knew that my sins we've RESPONSE
BILE for this violence. 1t frightened me
and my cries increased.
The door at the bottom of the stairs
opened suddenly.
Aunt Deel called:
'cDon't lose your temper, Peabody. I
think you've gone fur 'nough-ayes"
Uncle Peabody stopped and blew as
If he were very tired and then caught
look in his face that treasured me.
He called back to her: II wouldn't
"a cared so much if it hadn't a been
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
A Similarity.

"When I was lad, in the years
agone," said the Erratic Thinker, ~
used to gaze in a daze of amaze at
the portrait, in the front of Hostetter's
Almanac and Compendium of Wit, HUI
NOR and Bodily Ills" of a gentleman
who apparently had just emerged from
the old swimmin' hole and found his
abdominal frontispiece slashed upward
and across, exposing his mechanism
to the admiring gaze of a circle of
geological and piscatorial onlookers.
Nowadays it interests me to see so
many Ford cars with their hoods up
turned and their internal economies
revealed to the world. "-Kansas City
Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
Row and Row.

The couple were married. and trav-
eled to the lakes for their honeymoon.
AS soon as they arrived they had a
meal. and then took a boat out upon
the lake.
The following morning the brides
mother got a postcard which read:
arrived safely. Grand row before
bed"
She read it and sighed.
"Good gracious" she muttered. II
didn't think they'd begin to quarrel SO
soon london Answers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

Just as soon as you eat a tablet or
two of Pape's Diapepsin all the dys-
pepsia, indigestion and stomach dis
tress ends. These pleasant, harmless
tablets of Pape's Diapepsin never fail
to make upset stomachs feel fine at
once. and they cost very little at drug
stores. Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
Concrete Example.

Binks-As one grow Older there are
certain things in which 1t is difficult to
keen up ones interest. Don't you find
it so?
JinkS-Er-Yes; there's the mort
gage on my house for example.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

When see the waves Of Lake Mich
igan toss In the bleak snowstorm.
see how small and inadequate the
common poet is. But Tennyson, with
his eagle over the sea, has shown his
sufficiency.-Emerson's Journal
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Merely a Superstition.

There is no kind or a rod, or fnstru-
ment, which will locate minerals In the
earth with any degree Of certainty.
Sometimes bed of iron ore will affect
the magnetic needle of compass, or
of a surveying instrument, but there
is nothing that will locate the precious
metals.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
Had p Brioht Side.

st is hard on little boy to have
20 sit still all day, isn't it?' | asked
my nephew, who had broken his leg.
Eyes. it is" he agreed, but 1t gives
his relatives nice chance to do things
for m."-Chicago Tribune.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
Make $40 Every Day

selling Rawleigh's Products, with rig in
country. Few good territories now open.
Give age, occupation, references. w. T.
RiWLEliH Co.. Dept. WUN. Freeport. iii.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
EAT A TABLET!
DYSPEPSIA GONE
PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN INSTANTLY
RELIEVES SOUR, Classy OR
ACID STOMACHS.

When meals hit back and your stom-
ach is sour, acid. gassy. or you feel full
and bloated. When you have heavy
Jumps of pain or headache from indi-
gestion. Here is instant relief!
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

To keep clean and healthy take Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach Adv,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

Charity begins at home, but reform
usually makes its debut elsewhere.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

Barton meets the famous
DunkeIbergs, including little
Authenticated Sally, whose pref
ty face and fine clothes fascinate
tn. boy, whose few years have
been spent in quite another
world. The next installment
tells of some other interesting
persons with whom Barton be-
comes acquainted.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

Season. These powders
are easy and pleasant to take and excel
lent results are accomplished by their
use. Used by MotA=rs for oyer 20
years. Sold by Druggists everywhere.
Trial package FREE. Address,
THE MOTHER GRAY CO., LIE Roy, N. Y.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

IN vim your confidence. Ask Your Druggi1
Tor Murine when your Eyes Need Care NH
AEuxfue Eye Randy Coz Sos<oSo
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

There's mighty little fun in doing any
thing which can be done easily.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
Mother Gray's Powders
Benefit Many Children

Thousands of Moth
ers have found M0rHrR
GRAY'S SWEET P0S.
DERS an excellent rem
edy FOR children COM
planning of Headaches.
Colds. Constipation.
Feverishness. Stomach
Troubles and Bowel Ir-
regularities from which
children suffer at this
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28

Author of Eben Holden, D'ri and I. Darrell OF the
Blessed Isles. Keeping Up With Lizzie, ETC.. Etc.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-02-28
a Wholesome. Cleansing.
Refreshing and Healing
4 ~ss~~ M,r~sna Cor pod-

ness Soreness, Granula.
ton, Itching and Burning
of the Eyes or Eyelids;
Evening star., 1919-04-14
WILL GIVE MAY POLE DANCE.
U. S. Employees Rehearsing for
Affair at Wardman Park Inn.

A May pole dance and festival will
be given by the Federal Employees
Union the evening of May 1 at the
Wardman Park Hotel. Rehearsals are
now being held for the dance, which
is to be under the direction of Miss
Ruth Fondersmith and Miss Julia
Wade Abbott. both of the bureau Of
education, in the court of the pension
office.
More than thirty girls from various
government departments will take
part in the dance. Costume arrange
ments are in charge of Miss Juliette
S. Stebbins and Miss Sara Manypenny.
The grand march. as we'll as the
May pole dance and other features of
the entertainment program, will be
held in the ballroom of the hotel and
during the rest of the evening there
will be dancing in the small ball
room. Posters announcing the festival,
and dance have, been placed in all
the government departments. The at
fair will be informal
Evening star., 1919-04-14
FINDS MANY COUNTRIES
IN DIRE NEED OF FOOD

PARIS. April 13 (by the Associated
Press).-Rumania and Jugoslavia
probably will be able to feed. them
selves from this years harvest. Hun
gary. German Austria and Czecho-
slovakia will not be able to do so,
but will be dependent for another
year on imported food supplies
This is the report on the food sit
uation in the Balkan and other coun-
tries brought by DR.. Alonzo E. Taylor.
mead of the Investigating division of
has just returned here. The Balkan
states are. until the next harvest
absolutely dependent upon food dis
trlbution from the outside.
DR.. Taylor says that 1,600 tons OF
American foods are being supplied
daily to Vienna and are not only the
sole barrier standing between the
Austrian capital and bolshevism. but
that the supplies have proved an abb
solute specific against bolshevism.
DR.. Taylor reports a waning of the
sentiment Of exaggerated national
ism as between all the new states
ana the remnant countries of Aus
tria and Hungary, the various popu-
lations having come to realize eco
nomic interdependence and the neces-
sity Of making supplies Of coal. oil
and other commodities generally
available instead of trying to build
up monopolies within their From
tiers. as widely extended as possi-
BILE.
DR.. Taylor says rolling stock is so
reduced in quantity and so depreci-
ated in effectiveness as a result Of
the four years war as seriously to
food distribution and re-
DR.. Taylor says he found every
where a spirit Of deep friendship to-
ward America, based upon tangible
evidence Of American food being dis
.ributed by American representatives
in uniform. The people. he added.
were looking to the United
States as an unself1sh friend.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
SHOULDER DESIGNS
/ ON j. S. SOLDIERS.
illustrations in The Star Will
4 Give Meaning of
4 Insignia.
INTEREST is WIDESPREAD

Increasing interest in divisional
and other insignia worn on the shouI-
der of the tunic by American soldiers
returning from foreign service is
noted all over the United States, and
perhaps especially here in the Nation
al Capital No entirely authoritative
and complete enumeration and de-
scription of these badges has yet
been compiled, although it is under
stood the War Department is engaged
on the task.
Through the courtesy of Meyers
Military Shops. this city, The Star
has been enabled to reproduce prob
ably more of these insignia than could
be furnished from any other single
source, although there are some un-
aVoldable gaps in the series.
Eeglnning today, The Star will print
froin day to day, whenever lack of
space does not preclude. several of
hese shoulder badge designs, giving
She number of the division or other
Uhit, a description of the colors used
and divisional nicknames and any
other available information.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Fine quality plain or fancy
voiles. with pretty lace
and embroidery trimmings,
and made in Buster Brown
collar styles or with "
necks. Sizes 3S to 46.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Will Reduce Railway Force.

hOANOkE, Va, April 1.-THE Vir-
ginian railway will begin a reduction
% its force of employees at once, ac-
cording to instructions received here
The extent of reduction has not been
determined. The force of metal WORK
$rs. laborers and helpers throughout
the entire system will be reduced.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Two-clasp Silk Gloves, dou-
bic finger tips. In black, white,
gray. tan. etc Every pair
perfect. All sizes to Sh.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Women's percale house dresses in pretty
piaids, well made and chimbray trimmed
Aprons made of pretty plaid ginghams; full
cut sizes and faped belt. pocket and neck.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Many Prefer Silk Gloves for Easter

to something different the
ordinary glove which astens the side
with three clasps The comprehensive including
white with black tchng black brown shade
with white sitchng the demand for them makes
early inspection advisable
White Silk Gloves 2casp with theesTows OF
.r.
OF
t.s
Gloves proper length
bell sleeves in white black s1so
pair. Is,
Department. First noor. - -
Evening star., 1919-04-14
In Untrimmed Hats and Flowers
Many Delightful Silks
Are Here
All-SiIk tsDoubIeface" Satin Duchesse

The ideal material for wraps and capes, beautifully soft
and srous black side anda choice of green purple
Belgian blue American beauty the side 60
inches wide. $3.50 yard.
Satin Barre skirts and
luster fabric in 40-inch width. $3.50 yard.
Wash Silk Crepes, selection patterns
which include wide and strpng cluster striped
Sz.z5 yard.
New HandPrined Silks white overspread
with the of foras dainiy pencled sprays Of
foliage, floral
prettest imaginable negges inches wide
S1.O0 yard.
Satin the floral and oriental designs
exquisitey shading blues avenders
light subtle bendngs browns yelows and green's and
showing the groundwork with CHEEKY flowers and
other motifs Beautiful for Innings well for nessees so
inches wide. S185 yard. Ee-e>.-@--F:,
Departm =
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Disputes About Several Devices.

Eesarding several of the devices
there have been disputes. For in
slsnce, in certain cases units have
discarded a design originally adopted
- Other Instances the color schemes
employed have led to confusion. The
oSiors do vary in many of the badges,
and there is a good reason for. this
Today are shown the devices of
respectively, the 1st, I'd and Sd.
These, and, in fact, the first seven
units, are all regular Army di-
visions. But after No. Z is reach
ad the numbers are not consec-
Utive and this Will explain apparent
but not actual gaps in the list. al
though there will be some actual
gaps and in other cases. where a
sample of the badge is not available,
a written description must suffice.
Differences in the color scheme of
device or the shape or color of the
background are eXplainable as fol-
lows Take the I'd Division for
example, the emblem of which is red
Indian head in the center of a blue
five-pointed star superimposed on a
red and white circle. Now this device
does not vary. R4S tde background of
the device doe-"
How Units .-.-e Distsagu guisaxd.
A division contains approximately
fS. 900 men. including four regiments
OF infantry. three regiments of artil-
leiT. one regiment of engineers, be-
Nides hospital. signal, machine gun,
ammunition train and other such
units. In the I'd Division these
units are distinguished by the shape
of the background.
The 9Th Marines, for example, have
a diamond; the 5th Marines, a square:
the 18th Field Artillery, a rectangIe
with the longer side for a base; the
10Th Field Artillery. a rectangle with
the shorter side for base; the 9th
Infantry. circle; the 23d Infantry,
an ove1 and the Cd Engineers,
castle, ela.
The coler of this background de-
termines the unit in the regiment to
which the wearer belongs-black for
supply company and red, yellow and
blue for 1st, I'd and Sd battalions,
respectively.
~ Star and Indian Head. -. 2
The star and Indian head, then.
always distinguishes the I'd Division
soldier. On green castle it would
mean he telonged to supply COM
pany of the I'd Engineers; on a red
diamond. ID the 1st Battalion of the
6th Marines; on a black horizontal
rectangle, 60 Headquarters Company
OF the 18th Field Artillery; or on
blue oval, to the Sd Battalion of the
23d Infantry.
Other divisions have similar
schemes for Identification, for exam
pie, the Wildcat" Division, in which |
every man wears a circle circum- !
Scribing a snariing wildcat. but the
cat may be black, yellow or what
not, according to the regiment of the !
wearer. The Sd Army Corps is dis
tinguished by large block letter
"a" with vari-colored patches in |
the lower part of the letter to dis
tinTuish the different commands in |
thu corps.
The 1st Division emblem is the /
Arabic numeral 81" on a polygonal !
patch of khaki. The Sd Division
badge is a square patch, consisting
of Slanting alternate stripes of
bright blue and white.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-03
AIRPLANES To
OPEN COUNTRY.
To Be Used in South and
Central America to
Extend Trade.
By FREDERIC }. HAsKTN.

Washington. d. c.. June 3--A plan
to develop the interior OF South
America by the use Of airplanes for
communication and trade IS one Of
the numerous interesting subjects
which are being discussed at the sec
ond Pan-American commercial con-
ference in washington this week
Many Of the south American re-
pubIics. while highly developed i'm
part. contain great areas OF wilder
ness into which they are slowly push
ing their frontiers. often against the
opposition OF hostile Indians
This Pan American conference is
really the celebration Of business
triumph. A few years aeo the news
papers were fulI OF laments 10 the
effect that the United states was not
getting its share OF the Latln-Amer-
lean trade. Now IL only remains 10
say that we have got our share, and
also the shares which formerly be-
lonced TO our allies and enemies
Exports from this country TO Lat
in America increased from approx
mately S-s0.tu1,oNu ID the year pre-
ceding the war TO Ss19.eQoooo in the
past fiscal year. which was an in
crease Of 157 per cent; and Imports
from Latin America jumped frdm
s46S. 100000 in the fiscal year 19l3-
1914 TO 81 1924 100000 I'm the Gast fis-
cal year. an increase Of 1l4 per cent.
In the grand total Of bosh imports
and exports there was an increase
during this period Of almost 81 .0u0.
100000. or about % per cent.
The South American republics are
doing their part in fostering this
growth by deepening their harbors
and eQuippide them with modern
terminal facilities. pernambuco,
Brazil. alone has planned TO spend
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-03
NINTS RUSHING
G0PPER0UTPUT
Work "a Hours a Day to
Meet Great Demand for
One Cent Pieces.

Washington. ID. c.. June 3.-Every
mint in the United States has been
put TO work by director Ray Baker
turning out one cent pieces in an eff
fort TO keep pace with the enormous
demand for this coin BY instituting
q hour day the output has been
pushed 10 10000. 600 cents q month
HThere have been approximately
500. 600. 900 one cent pieces coined IN
this country" Mr.. Baker said today,
but where they have gone is a mys-
terry. The subtreasuries are inundated
with orders from banks, which keep
issuing the copper coins for use IN
payment Of odd cent taxes and street
car fares. but the demand continues
The NAY output OF the mints was
6G.9S4.O0O coins. Of which 60.913.009
were one cent pices. Nickels also
were fin large demand. e,643,Oo0 being
coined. the remainder a production
being $4,000 half dollars. 10000
quarters and $4,000 dimes"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-03
j. s. GETS MOST
MEXICO EXPORTS
Coahuila Exempts From
Tax New Industries to
Attract Capital.

Washington. D. c., June 5.-The re-
port from the Mexican government on
exports for the year 1918. received to-
day through official channels shows
the total export business as 367.305.-
451 pesos. Of which the United States
took -35o.07s.300 pesos. There was
shipped TO Europe goods valued at
6.054,0 pesos Of which Great Britain
took 4.3T2.600 pesos; Spain 1,655,400
pesos and France only 5000 pesos.
Difficulties Of transportation because
Of the war accounted for the small
shipments to Europe
The total imports. made public pre-
viousIT. showed total Of l64,ffO,O0O
pesos. OF which the United states sup
piled 1f1157.S0 pesos and Europe
16-o5S.700 pesos.
The Government revenue derived
from both imports and exports totaled
37.700. 900 pesos
In the tabulation of the exports
from Mexico minerals t0taled 21s.s52,-
600 nesos. Of which petroleum amount
ed 10 14450G.00 pesos. Agricultural
products amounted To 1885 t-vyv
pesos. livestock 19-569.700 pesos while
manufa ctured products amounted 10
only ,s856,000 pesos
It was also learned from ottlcial
sources today that the state Of Goa
hula has just enacted law exempt
in.- rom faxation for period OF ten
wears any new enterprise established
in the state and II is officially stated
the principal purpose OF this law. Is
to attract foreign capital. preferably
American. because Of its propinquity-
These are exactly the conditions es-
fahlfshed as an inducemeut for in
vestors in oil development 10 enter the
Tampico oil fields. The Mexican gov
eminent observed the tax exemption
provisions only two years The DlaZ
government was then overthrown and
the succeeding governments i'm Mexico
have levied and collected taxes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-03
Says Boston Is Slow;
Women Poor Dressers

Boston Mass. June Boston is too
slow. its women are poor dressers and
inexperienced and the populace in
general is phlegmatic, too negative,
made up OF slow thinkers. AIRS. Mary
E. r.. Chaplin told the New England
convention. Of the International New
Thought alliance.
In comparison with other cities OF
the country" she said. Boston is
slow. lacking in animation and is
maklng no advancement"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-03
HORSE REsTs ALTO.

Biddeford. Ne. June 3.-Scared by
an automobile driven by a woman
which bumped the dump cart he was
hauling. Henry LeyesQue's horse ran
a mile over York hill. broke away
from the cart. leaped a high picket
fence. dropped eighteen feet 10 the
Saco river and swan a quarter Of a
mile TO the shore below Cataract falls.
While the horse stood on the shore
shaking the water out Of his name.
the automobile. owned by AIRS. VIII
liam Fraucel. of Bath. was standing
in front of gar &c out OF action.