Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-02-20

lumbus discovered America. Hindu in.
fluence was dominant in Java, and
then the bolSheviki came over from
Arabia and messed things up. This
| was in 1477.
The Portuguese peeked in at one or
two of the ports in 1911 and said:
"Sh-h-h! Quiet now, fellows. we
won't do a thing, to this place" But
they did.
How Spells Were Divided.
From then until 1929, it was nip
and tuck between the Spanish and
the Portuguese as to who could rob
the natives the more efficiently The
contest ended in a draw and treaty
gave rights of robbery in the Indies
to the Portuguese and similar rights
in the Philippines to the Spanish.
The Spanish got the best of the bar
gain, because they were not disturbed
until 1898, while the poor Portuguese
were kicked out of their territory by
the Dutch in 1896, before they had
half time to skin the natives.
| Then the Dutch took over the no
| bic work and drew up trading treaties
| for presentation to the natives. To
all questions raised by the party Of
the second part one reply was used
"sign here" When the natives
showed a reluctance the blunderbuss
or long sword made the fairness of
the treaty perfectly clear, as was Gus
tomary among the cOnQuerorS of those
early days.
Dutch Rule Now Kindly
From then until 1895 Holland and
England fought like country con-
sins over possession of the islands,
and they finally whacked up and called
quits. England took parts of Africa,
all of Ceylon and spots along the
China coast, but left the Indies to
Holland, after taking a slice off Bor-
neO and an end off New Guinea.
So we find the Dutch in possession
of Java and through their courtesy we
visit the island Here we are i'm Ba-
tavia, a community of many peoples
enjoying peace and prosperity under
the kindly Dutch rule.
The first thing to find is a hotel.
The finding impresses us with the in
dividuality of the country.
On three sides of a square is a two
story building. Each room has a spa
ciOus veranda in front facing the
walkway which runs along the entire
length Of the hotel. On the Vhrantla
is table and a big chair. lIf the
chair had wheels and a top It'll would
look like one of those victoIlas so
much used by old ladies and lsmaI-
town doctors, when the latter drove
horses, charged dollar for house Wis
its, 80 cents for office calls and fur
nished the pills as a sort of premiNn.
Instead of the wheels nd/heEop
the chair has extension a but
four feet long, which swim to
provide an elevated footresI l'he
higher the temperature the me will
ing you are to sprawl as per pos
sibilities. 1t is on the veran -
guests are received and siroop
soda is served. Great life.
Sun Provides Hot Shower5
At the back of the veranda
bedrOom-for GOODNESS a ruglessl
tureless, cherries place, with a Sin
iron bed, covered by a canopy of
sort of fortifcation against the
Iuitoes. Notice, say "sort Of"
In every bed is a Dutch wife.
it's quite proper! This lady thl
Is merely an elongated pillow, bid Io
and round, upon which to rest one
knee. This position is cooler for
sleeping than to rest all on level.
Out back Of the rooms h ~
used by the boys.
lava may be anywhere from
% sixty as to age, but just 50
hey are servants, they are
"Boy!" is the "call of
Somewhere along tn
he bathroom, one of
ecreation rooms I'M y
water Is in a pen b
Ter. On the fiI
SomewheFsSar0n
N bucket.
ing water
where m]
ng AMI ref