Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A new dog has appeared in England,
Too high bred and too rare to become
common, it is called the butterfly" or
''papaillon," and weighs less than
three pounds.
The Mexican capital is going to have
a 100000 department store property:
an American architect has furnished
the plans, American superintendent
Will control it and an American electric
light plant and machinery will be put
in.
AT the Launching of the steamer
Queen Anne of the Princess Anne Rail-
way Company, at Baltimore, the break
ing OF bottle of wine was omitted and
instead two white doves were released
as the vessel began to move and her
deck was strewn with flowers, in imi-
tation of the Japanese custom
The Historical society of Somerville,
Mass, recently had house-warming,
and among the articles exhibited. as
enumerated by local journal, were
communion service, said to be the first
one made of silver in America, and a
lamp from Pompeii, "confiscated dur
Ing the civil war from the estate of a
wealthy southern gentleman.
At recent meeting of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, Oberlin
Smith stated that with rubber-tired or
pneumatic-tired railway engines, built
like bicycle wheels and driven by cleo
tricity, speed of thirty miles an hour
was easily practicable. And most of
the engineers present seemed to be of
the opinion that the prophecy was not
an idle one.
There was an old law In Quebec Civ
ing 'tarly passion of 800 livres to the
head of family of ten children and
400 livres to the head of a family of
twelve children. Later this was
changed to a deed of 100 acres of good
farming land to the head of family
of twelve, and about 200 French Ca
nadians now appeal to the government
for this 100-acre bounty. 1t is esti-
mated that there are 1850 families of
twelve or more In lower Canada.
Henry B. Plants fortune does not ex-
coed $12,000,000 according to liberal
estimates. If 1t is to be left in trust
until his grandson's youngest child Is
Il years old. This grandson is now 4.
If he marries and becomes the father
of seven children the youngest is
hardly likely to arrive at 81 until the
year 1916. money at per cent, COM
pound interest, doubles itself In a lit
tie more than fourteen years, so that
the Plant fortune will be more than
500 900 before 1t is divided
A minute piece of steel was drawn
from the eye of man in New York the
other day by the use OF a powerful
magnet the newly invented device for
performing such operations. DR.. Par
kerr who used the instrument says the
piece of steel was imbedded In such a
way that its removal by other means
would have been impossible. The
sight of the eye will probably be saved,
though the patient will be in the hospi-
tai some time, owing to the sti ain on
the eyeball before the steel began to
yield to the magnets attraction.
A gentleman who was in Venice
when the news of the destruction of
Admiral Cervera's squadron came and
who could not make out the Italian &C
count very well took the paper to a GER
tain professor who speaks almost per-
feet scholars English and asked him to
translate it. The professor did so in
excellent style until he came near the
end, when, with a little hesitation, he
read: And the band played The Flag
With the Stars on It and Tt viii Be
Very Warm in the City This Evening""
II was about minute before the gen.
tleman recognized the last piece.
During the continuance of the ma
tional export exposition in Philadel-
phia next fall the city hall will be bril-
liantly illuminated. This structure is
the highest building in the world, tow
ering SAT feet above the ground, and is
considered one of the handsomest
buildings in the United States. AT
present there Is a rim Of lights around
the base of the statute of William
Penn, which surmounts the structure,
and they can be seen at distance of
thirty miles. Before the exposition
opens ring of arc lights will be placed
around the rim of PENIS hat, over 500
feet from the pavement, and long
strings of incandescent lights will run
from there to the roof of the building.
Every cornice will be studded with
lights and all sides of the massive
building will be emblazoneG by beauti-
full designs in colored lights. 1t will
be one of the most dazzling electric
displays ever attempted in this coun-
try.