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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
ODDITIES IN ADVERTISING.

mo person." wrote an imaginative
undertaken, lever having tried one of
these alright collins of ours will ever
use any other"
This is supplemented by the truth
full but discouraging advertisement of
dentist: Teeth extracted with great
pains"
A Western farmer advertises for a
woman to wash, iron and milk two
cows
An advertisement once appeared in
Washington paper for "a room for
young man by 12."
The following advertisement is from
an Australian paper: "Wanted,a young
woman (the palmer the better) to
help small, genteel family in their
domestic matters; one without ring
lets preferred"
An American paper published in
Paris recently contained the following
unique advertisement: "a young man
of agreeable presence, and DESTROYS of
getting married, would like to make
the acquaintance of an aged and
experienced gentleman who could dis
suade him from taking the fatal STEP"
Here is a specimen of domestic ad-
vertising from the columns of the
London Times: MRS. George Ashton,
5 Victoria street, Westminster, takes
this opportunity of thanking her
numerous friends for their kind let
tiers of sympathy on the dissolution
of her marriage
The court of Schleswig- Holstein
once issued the following curious
notice: "At the request of Herr Peter
Lehman, of Altoona, the seaman Diet
rich Lehman, who was born in Kirch-
moor in November, 1S4S, and was
drowned on the journey from Stockton
to Hamburg while sailing in the ship
Bertha Jenny, is hereby called upon
to appear before this court and re-
port himself on or before Friday, Jan.
20, 1893, at II o'clock .. m, under pain
OF being declared dead. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30

thickly embroidered at the bottom
with scattered vines and f1enras
throughout its entire depth. The two
FABRICS are made over a dark grav
taneta foundation. The yoke of The
bodice is of lace, closely gathered
ana lying in irregular vertical folds
these folds being reversed on the sbir'
red lace sleeves. The lower mart of
the bodice is draped with mousseline
dc sole, and finished at the center NJ
the front with great bow Of mousse
line, the loops of which are divided nv
an oblong rhinestone buckle. Tn
THIS instance the belt is of crushed
mousselipe, and the soft high collar
OF pale gray satin. The accompany.
ing toque is very small, and is made
Oh gray satin, fancifully crushed &c
suit the indefinite character of the
shape. There are two shaded gray
plumes, which spring from among the
ioids, and are held in place by tiny
buckles of rhinestone.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30

daughters of the Bavarian mobiles, who,
jealous of her charms and apprehen-
sive of her power as kings consort,
formed lotteries for the purpose of sup
planting her in the favor of royalty. In
this they were unsuccessful; and as the
Countess Won Lansfeldt, Lola reigned
as effectually at Munich as while a coy
in Paris.
The banners of brave Munich, how
ever, continued to wave fierce hostility
at the kings love, and the sighted So
ciety of the Bavarian capital charged
upon the countess as only sighted So
ciety can. The result was that Louis
VII had either to give up the lady or
his throne. Without much hesitation
and confronted by such an alternative
the king CALAMITY decided upon the
latter and so once again this remark
able and captivating woman found her.
self in Paris with her royal lover, she
having by this time lost her chances of
a permanent protector and he having
lost his crown. The lady now subsist-
ed by dancing and whenever she ap-
peared at the theaters drew enormous
crowds.
1t is tibute to the spirit of romance
which life in the virile, unsoiled and
exhaustless west inspired in the CAPT
tails of Europe, that Lola Montez, cast
| ing away her title as her lover had
cast away his crown, came to America
in 1853. She found herself quite as
much a celebrity in the new world as
in the old. In New York and Boston
! she then attracted as much attention
as did Langtry, Bernhard or Patti at
subsequent periods. She was full of
the spirit of adventure and later mar
ried reporter on San Francisco pa
per and settled down in a wild, pic
! turesque town in Grass valley, Cali
fornia. But Lola Montez, now 27, was
still young though she had lived life as
! life came and had acted on the advice
of the poet that the surest way 70
lengthen our lives was to steal few
hours from the night" Those alabas-
ter features and languorous eyes which
won the hearts Of kings were still
capable of firing the souls of men in
the mining camps.
I AThus the woman whose love affair,
Nd created a revolution ia Munich
whose gay salons has Sheltered tn,
gilded youths of the French boule
wards, whose charms and abandon
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30

as carefully record their posterity in
the choice annals of the British peer
age as that of Marlborough.
The Bavarian revolution of 1S48,
celebrated at Munich March 21.
brings prominently before the
world woman quite as re-
markable as any of these hero
ines-the Countess Won Lansfeldt, who
overthreww King Louis VII, and no
inconsiderable part of whose
chequered and romantic life was spent
in the Sierras as we'll as in the centers
of European fashion. The present
anniversary is sure to recall her name
in Paris, Berlin and st. Petersburg,
while her ashes rest here in American
soil.
Lola MonteZ was. 20 only child OF
Creole mother and a Spanish granoee
who was expelled from Spain for polit-
ical activity. She first saw the light in
Marseilles in 1928 and became early
remarkable for her power over the OPP
posite sex of that city and of its sister
city of Lyons. She was petite crea-
ture with dark blue, languorous eyes,
with a small mouth a swan-like neck,
with the face of Madonna ano with
a delicate olive cast of features. her
mother was very poor, and when Lola
Montez started out upon the world to
conquer such intellectual giants as
Victor Hugo, who was for many years
her intimate friend, she had little 10
recommend her to the renowned
author of Les Miserables save her long
eyelashes, her wealth of wavy black
hair. her lively and vivacious DISPOSE
ton. and other personal charms.
On going up to Paris from Marseilles
she quickly became the favorite OF So
ciety in the Fren1 capital in 1886
Lola had suitors blythe score who con-
tended with each other for her smiles
ana her salon was the resort of all
that was gay and gallant in the French
capital in those dreamy days when
t,ouis Philippe was relaxing his hold
,nd Louis Napoleon was quietly steal
ing upon the French throne. A dash
ing young English Lieutenant won hei
maiden heart at 16 and with MIN sst
went to India where her husband dice
And She was left a widow at II. She
ASSHned to Paris where both Louis
boleon and King Louis OF Bavarif
Zach paid her marked attention; thu
4 latter fell madly in love with her. II
few weeks all Paris was again talk
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
BROTHER OF THE GIRLS"
Painful Ordeal to Secure the Cham
pionship of Nubian Camp.


The power of enduring pain ex-,
hibited by the Nubians is almost in
credible. This is strongly instanced
in the competition by the youths Of
the villages for the championship OF
their camps.
1t is a much-coveted honor to be
called "akho benat" (the brother OF
the girls, and the youth who attains
this distinction is entitled to marry
the belle.
The competition itself Is a most
agonizing spectacle. It commences by
the maidens, on certain festivals, beat
ing the drums to quaint and pes
cullar tune, which so excites the
spirits of the young men that numbers
or them at once rush into the arena.
each loudly exclaiming, "T am the
brother of the girls! l am the brother
of the girls!"
They are then paired off by casting
lots, and, when stripped to the waist
powerful, flexible whip of hippopot-
anus hide, five feet in length. Ia
placed in the hand Of each combatant.
and at a certain signal a flogging
match commences.
The strokes are not given at ram
dom or in haste, but with the ut
most elaboration, each youth de-
liverinS his blow in turn, and keep
ing time to the music. The long.
plant lash descends with keen pre-
cision, cutting deep into the flesh at
every stroke, while the fnonotonous
"hwlt," "hwit," "hwit" goes on un-
ceasingly, and the red streams tell the
tale of suffering which the tongues
disdain to proclaim. At last the one
who can endure no Longer falls faint
ing to the ground and is sborne away
by his kinsmen.
The victims are subsequently pItted
against each other, till the remain
ing one becomes the champion, and,
bears the proud title Of "the brother
of the girls. From "A Glimpse at
Nubia," by Captain T. G. S. Speedy.
in Harper's Magazine for January.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
FALCON ISLANDS SUDDEN END.

The latest budget of news from the
native kingdom of Tonga mentions the
disappearance of an island In the
Pacific under circumstances that
seem to lend some color to a popular
superstition. On Oct, 10, 1885, the
inhabitants of the Tongan capital
witnessed one Of the grandest natural
pyrotechnical displays of the century.
Some thirty miles to the northwest
submarine volcano suddenly started
operations, throwing columns of
steam and feathers of fire to an eg-
timated height of 10000 feet. When
the performance was over and peo-
pie thought it safe enough to ap-
proach, 1t was found that new is
land six miles long, two milec
broad, had been adde to the
map Of the world 1t was CHRIS
tened Falcon island, but nobody cared
to settle on it. People who PROM
enaded its surface had a sensation
akin to walking on piecrust. Fragile
and unsubstantal as 1t was, 1t man
aged to live for exactly thirteen years.
finally sinking and disappearing from
human view on October 13 the
year of grace 1898. No matter
what the Thirteen club may say. IL
that bold body is still In existence.
which we doubt, there is Something
uncanny about that particular num-
ber.-London Chronicle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30

patience and perseverance. There !.
no set phraseology. There is no d,..
.ihct dictionary of 'Parrotology. Wbo
uoes not know the shopworn sentence
roiiy wants a cracker But n i
sradually being relegated to obscuritv
anu such OF the birds as have been
soiu during the recent conflict with
SPAN have been taught a number NJ
nilss never before dreamed of. ITO
u with Spain and Hurrah for
Dewey are some favorite expressions.
me parrots are caught while
young The Cubans keep them but a
snort time, for under normal circum-
stances the importer can be expected
IN the Cuban village during regular
inrerVais' The method is to 60 from
VIliage TO village. here picking up a
couple there half dozen. and so on
crackers are the best kind of food
ior the Young parrots. The native.
use bananas, but consider the otbar
1000 the better of the two. car
tainly expect'a rushing business soon
and instead of standing idle we shaI,
De shipping cages filled with parrots
all over the country after few good
cargoes of the birds reach our city -
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
DO MONETZ

and MARCH q.

ing about the young widow. She was
wineo and dined at the royal palaces
OF Germany and Italy, but soon retired
TO Munich where King Louis built a
magnificent palace for Lola, and ere
ated her at the same time Countess
Won Lansfeldt. The kings affections.
as well as the source of all honor and
emoluments, were centered in the
beautiful French girl who at the age
of Is found herself the most famous
and influential woman in Bavaria.
Her hold upon the kings heart was I'M
questioned, and her fame was as world
wide as her beauty was disasterous to
her popularity amongst the wives and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
REMEDY FOR SHOPLIFTING.
One Storekeeper Who Likes. to Have
Thieves Steal from Him.

make arrests for shoplifting? Well,
l should say not. Shoplifters are my
best customers, and l don't know OF
any reason why l should annoy them"
AS the speaker is the proprietor of a
big retail store that has been raided
daily by thieves his remarks naturally
aroused the curiosity of detective
who pressed him for an explanation.
well, it's like this" said the store
keeper. 'If prosecute the thieves the
only satisfaction l get is in sending
them to Jail. 1 don't get my goods
back very often, and I'm out my time,
and the lawyers fees. Thinking all
this over some months ago / came to
the conclusion that it was better to
make them pay for the stuff they
steal OF course, lose some goods,
but as a rule l get a good price for
everything taken. In fact the shop,
lifters are among my best customers.
II keep a record of the names and
addresses of all the women caught
stealing, and when anything is missed
uuu OuC llOiu NY opOIItiS tudI hIcP-
tomaniacs were in the store about
that time. Then l send bills for the
goods to them, and they are always
paid promptly"
But suppose two or three klepto-
maniacs are seen in your store the
same day? How do you fix upon the
guilty one?"
well, to make sure send bills to all
of them, and they settle, so l manage
to get a good price for the stolen
goods"
"You give a discount for cash, Of
course?'
''Of course not. In such cases the
price is apt to be considerably higher
than l would charge legitimate GUS
toner. There's some risk in the bust
ness, and, besides, I'm not running a
benevolent institution. Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
AUSTRALIAN JOKES.

Hojack: "Callowhill is always try
'1g to BORROW money from me. / wish
knew how to get rid of him." rom-
dick: Lend him some. Melbourne
Weekly Times.
Jane, did you break this valuable
china plate ?" "Yes'm. You were taken
in over that plate, mum. It's a weak
'un. 1t broke the fourth time 1
dropped it!"-Melbourne Weekly
Times.
Stage Manager Ito lessee of the the
ater): Our scene shifter wants a hol-
iday. He says he hasn't been away
for three years" Lessee: We'll, tell
him he can't have one. He gets
change of scene enough for anybody. .
Sydney Town and Country Journal
Miss Strut" said a young man tc
an acquaintance, with whom he wa'
taking walk one evening, Il hope
this cigarette will not be offensive Il
you?" mot at all, sir" she replied
slowly and with emphasis, unless yol
.ght it," And not word was spoker
for the next half-hour.-Sydney Tow
and Country Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30

were still winning. and whose vivacity
was the rich endowment of generous
nature, had now transformed her salon
from the east to the west and from
the crowded dance halls of great cities
to the abodes of a newer and richer
civilization, during its hours of indo-
lence and ease.
The qpondam friend of Victor Hugo
was now Mrs. Pat Hull. She lived
with the reporter some time until the
brother of the duke of Wellington
came to stop at Los Angeles hotel,
when the countess SOLD her mining
properties, went east with him. died in
New York, and now lies in Greenwood
cemetery,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
PARROTS FROM CUBA.
War With Spain Cut Short Our Sup-
ply of the Birds.

The greater number of cheap par
rots in the market come from Cuba
and Porto Rico, and Philadelphia is
one of the great distributing centers
from which the rest of the country re-
ceives the laxative bird of varie-
gated color after it is removed from
its native soil. For several years
past parrots have been scarce, owing
to the Cuban situation, but since the
cessation of hostiities there is re-
joicing among the bird dealers.
Said one of the best known bird
dealers on Ninth street: "Since the
trouble between Spain and Cuba frs
broke out we began to feel the effect
of being cut off from our regular
source of supply. You would hardly
believe that the garulous parrot would
cut much of a figure in the country's
commerce. But such is the case
nevertheless. The Antilles have beer
a fruitful field upon which to draw.
make periodical trips to the islands
or at least did so before the war witt
Spain. You must know that while VIZ
get large numbers OF parrots from
Mexico and South America, by far the
greater amount come from our new
possessions. The Mexican parrot? Yes
that is the green bird with yellow q
band around the throat, while his
Cuban or Porto Rican brethren have
band of red in place OF the yell
low"
How about your last trip to Cuba?"
We'll, 1t was some time before the
war between the Cubans and the
Spanish had become real fierce. The
country was in a foment, and as
found that my supply of parrots was
at low ebb | realized / had better
take time by the forelock and attempt
to gather in few OF the birds before
all the sources would be cut off. To be
able to find what | wanted 1t was
necessary to go inland, for at the
coast cities there are but few parrots
obtainable.
Il arrived at Santiago de Cuba with
that most essential equipment OF a
dealer In birds, crackers. Not a few
pounds or boxes, but thousands OF
pounds in barrels. My advent after
reaching inland was greeted with de-
light by the natives, but | misunder-
stood their motive entirely, for 1t was
not delight because had come to buy
parrots Of them, but because brought
with me something to eat. The long
and the short of 1t was that they
robbed me OF the crackers. sup
pose the poor people were almost
, starved to death. AS sad, nv
crackers were gone, and even II II
had been possible for me to get par.
rots, would have had nething to feed
them on during the return voyage
To add insult to injury the Cu5ans
then chased me out Of the territory"
How about the training of parrots
--teaching them to talk?"
THAT depends good deal on tn,
people who purchase the parrots. Liz
other matters in thar line, It take
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
ID make history: AT least

- make history; at least that
on which treats of crowns and
Is, more so than kings or states
men. Madame de Stael or Madame de
ompadour contribute nearly as much
french history as Talleyrand or
1uchelieu to those lively periods when
every courtier was involved in ro-
nance, and when every beautiful wo
man mad to court distinction through
olsnonor. And poets and historians
love to dwell upon the traits and char
acteristics of Nell Gwynne, of Louise
dc Querouaille, or of Madame Kill
mansegge at the court of st. James;
wnlle Burke and Debrett and Lodge
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
VALUABLE DOGS.

They say there is one dog at
dog show that As worth $4,000"
"Humph! That's nothing. My wife'
had dog once that was worth good
many times that much to me-"
How was that?"
i rescued the measley little thing
from under the wheels of a street car
and got acquainted with her In that
way. You know her father left nus
100000 when he died."-Clevelan
Leader.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
PERSONS TO AVOID.

Applegate-After all, what is MD
ell husband? -
Notwithstanding that an
who desires to get any pleasure Cd
life wants to avoid. A model husb
should never be permitted to 20 b
into society. He isn't very often m,
less his keeper goes with him. Boston
Transcript.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30

Who Is the happier, man who has
ElOo,0O0 or one who has seven daugh-
tersY' Rabbi. "The latter .Why?.
Rabbi: "The man with e190oO0 wants
more; the other doesn't ''-MelannrnI
Weekly Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30
MILLIONS FOR SCENTS.

New York spends millions OF dollars
every year for perfumery. All the
year round women buy them. Ar tbe
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-30

The queen Of the tea table not only
reigns but she pours.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-08-04

DECORATING SMALL TABLES.
They Anord N Excellent Opport1-
atty for the Display Of
Good Taste.

"A very good opportunity for the dis
play of taste in the arrangement of q
room is afforded by: the.use Of the NUM-
berless tables that now seem to BE- alb
solutely necessary. They vary in size,
shape and material, and it is possible
to have quite collection in one draw
ing-room, provided the drawing-room
is large enough. Very beautiful are
some of them, and the ornaments dis
played upon them may cost kings
ransom or very small sum.
There are, Of course, the glass tables,
on which are kept rare collections Of
miniatures and heirlooms. In the time
of our grandmothers there were great
many small mahogany tables of odd
shapes with carved feet, and evidently
the idea in those days was to have the
wood of the tables of as perfect grain
as possible. A great many of these
tables have been found in secondhand
shops or stored away in attics. They
have been brought forward, highly pol
ished, and now form one of the most
prominent articles of furniture in up
to-date drawing-rooms. There are, too,
the English tables of the inlaid woods,
together with any number of rose
wood, mahogany and satinwood, each
in itself beautiful, and work of art.
But it is in deciding what shall be
placed on these tables that an opportu-
nifty is offered for the display of indi-
vidual taste. One table devoted en-
tirely to silver ornaments is always an
addition to the drawing-room. Then
there is now in every well-appointed
sitting-room, if not library, desk, or
rather writing table, fitted up with
everything that is necessary - and
often great deal that is unnecessary
to the carrying on of correspondence.
Another table is frequently devoted to
photographs in all kinds and varieties
of photograph frames, Another small
table can be kept for rare pieces of
bric-a-brac; but the great objection to
this last is that it is apt to give one the
impression of bargain sale display.
However, it may be only an evil mind
that would think of it in that light.
One very good feature in the family
llving-room is the large ia BILE, no longer
allowed in the center of the room, but
pushed to one side, even against the
wall. On this are piled the books and
magazines; the last so arranged, one
over the other, that the title and date
OF each show, so that one may pick
up the number wanted without looking
through the entire pile. On such table
as this there should be nothing but the
magazines, books and good reading
lamp, together with paper cutter of
good size, an ash receiver, and, if DOS
sible, vase of cut flowers to add the
needed touch of daintiness.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-08-04

The Veterans Of sfxty-one and i've ard
their friends, who are xofng 90 sstsHd the
3srd Co. ~ r. AnnusI EnesmpHaens at PnIIa-
delphia IN September. could not select bet
Ter nor more historic route than the BFz
Four, Chesapeake Il Ohio. with splendid
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on the Big Four, all connecting at Indian
apoiIs or Cincinnati and thence over the
Picturesque Chesapeake 4 Ohio along me
Ohio river TO huntington West Va thence
through the foothills Of the AIIsghauTes,
over the Mountains, tirougE1 the famous
Springs Region Of Virgins toy Sfaurtou,
Va, between which point and Washington
are many of the most prominent BattIs-
fields: Waynesboro. Gordon~vITEe. Cedar
Mountain, Rappahannoek. Kettle Rum
Manassas, Bull Rum FAIRFAX and seors of
others nearly az prominent Washington -
next, and thence via the Psnnsyivanta Line
direct TO Philadelphia There will be three
rates IN effect for chs business I=t CsusIr-
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2ud. Going and coming same route with oue
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route, going one way and back another with
one stop-oEsr IN each direction For full
information ~ 20 Routes Rates. ETC. 4ss-
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Chicago