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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14

two cars employed each carry loads
of 1000 pounds. The motive power il
supplied by an engine at the lower
terminal, and the cars are run at {
speed of $50 feet per minute. There
are six intermediate supports, the las
span from a rock bluff to the towr
being carried over a clear stretch o.
$50 feet
Another line now being built for the
Compagnie Haitienne of the island OF
Hayti, for the transportation of log
wood, has a total length of fifteen
miles Another interesting line that
/ has just been built is being operated
by The Silver Lake Mining company
of Colorado. Starting out from a
terminal point, the line ascends q
mountain slope for d short distance
pitches down at the opposite side in
spans that are the longest in the
world. one being 1920 feet, or nearly
half mile in the clear. Practical ex-
perience has shown that there is no
objection to the length of the span of
these wire roads, providing there is
/ DLOD6I
detection of the cables. At Cowingo,
Md, a roadway crosses the Susuue.
hanna river IN two spans of ZOO feet
each, the ceutral support being 100
feet high and located on an island.
This possibility of stretching the road
| for half mile without support is
what makes it so admirably adapted
FOR use in the Chilkoot pass, as the
gulches can be crossed with ease. and
canons that it would be impossible to
bridge can be spanned by the wire
rope with as much facility as with a
telegraph wine.
The company was promoted by s.
>. Rush of Louisville, Ky, who has
been in the Klondike. He travelled
through the pass by foot and by water,
and laid out the plan by which the
road was to be built. After figurins
the cost of such a road he came to
New York and began the organization
of stock company. II. C. Walls was
elected president. The company was
incorporated, and has since put three
parties of surveyors at work in the
pass, one of them being in charge of
William Schwelgart, a New York ems
gineer. Leading MEN in the enter.
prise are George b. Dodwell, manager
of the Northern Pacific Steamship
company, and Hugh c. Wallace, presi.
dent of the Washington & Alaska
steamship company. They believe
that this transportation system will
enable gold seekers to reach the Yu-
kon easily aud quickly at minimum
expense.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14
sERVlAN MARRIAGE SOCIETIES.
They Have Caused a Great Boom in
Matrimony,

A remarkable state of affairs exists
just now in Servia, and especially in
tn ecapital, Belgrade, according to
the New York Journal
For the past year or so what are
called marriage societies" have been
springing up like mushrooms. These
societies undertake to pay each mem
Der of six months standing, who has
punctually paid all monthly dues. a
sum of from 5000 to $500 on the pro
duction of satisfactory proof of his or
her legal marriage.
These glittering promises caused the
membership of the societies to in
crease with astonishing rapidity.
good many persons Join several
societies, and in so1ne cases the claims
of the newly married pair amount to
$4,000 or $4,000, as both bride and
groom belong to eight or ten societies.
Recently, owing to the approach
of the Christmas fast season, when
marriages are unlawful, the rush to
the altar has been especially large.
From 120 to $50 weddings occur every
Sunday in Belgrade.
The supply of marriageable girls is
now running short. In little while
it seems that there will be no girls.
or widows, either
Hence, feminine immigration is to
be expected. There are plenty of
men left, for all through the Balkan
States the male hirfbc GREATLY o,,+
number the female. Just now the
priests have their hands full, and are
reaping a rich harvest of wedding
fees.
But the days of the marriage socie.
ties are apparent. numbered, for they
cannot long stand the drain made up
on them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14

| ing out the best spots for erecting the
pillars. Then, when these pillars ar
rive, it will be necessary only fol
workmen to plant them firmly in the
ground. and the foundation of thf
roadway will be laid. The stringine
of the three wire ropes will be sim
pie matter, and the building and
equipment of the power houses a mat
ter of a few months work only
The great design of the builders OF
the road will be to make the road
strong, and at the same time light.
The carrying cables being stationary
can be locally graduated to the strains
they have to bear. so that on long
spans across chasms they will be
made thick. and on short stretches
from near pillars they will be thinner.
The strain will be greatest on steep
grades, and on these especial care will
be taken to have the ropes strong
enough to make an accident impos-
sible. Upon slopes the weight of the
lads is shared to certain extent by
both carrying cable and traction rope,
the amount borne by each depending
on the inclination--the sleeper the in
clination the greater the strain on the
traction rope and the less the strain
on the supporting cables. All this
win be carefully estimated in grading
the ropes.
Where extra strain Is laid upon the
wire ropes they are supported by
what are termed rail sta
tions. which consist of a
series of bents. supporting rails
which overlie the track cables, and
save the latter from undue wear
at these points.
The miners who may trust them
selves and their goods to this slender
they are not being made use of in sci.
entilc experiments. for the wire road
has been satisfactorily tested in con.
nectiou with the carrying of freight in
various parts of the world. Visitors
To the worlds fair were greatly inter.
ested in the working of a section of
wire road that was placed on exhibi.
ton by the firm that is to construct
the aerial tramway over Chilkoot pass,
The Trenton Iron company. The most
complete road of this description in
the world, and one that approache; al
nearly as possible to the one that will
be erected across the Chilkoot pass. is
that now used to carry freight and
war material from the docks to the "a.
nous elevated fortress of the British,
the rock of Gibraltar.
This line is 2,200 feet long. has a
vertical ascent of 1900 feet. and the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14

II Is rumored that, with a capital of
over a million dollars, company has
been formed in New York to push a
plan for surrounding the Chilkoot
pass in the Klondike. Engineers have
declared that the pass canont be pro-
vided with a railroad of the ordinary
description without the expenditure of
millions of dollars in tunnelng, the
nature oft he mountains rendering il
impossible to run a railroad across.
The plan of the new company is to
construct what is known as q wire
road from Dyea to Lake Lindeman, a
distance of eight miles. The road
will be one of the most novel for pas
senger traffic in the world The cars,
which will be constructed to hold two
passengers and gripman, will travel
high in the air along an elevated
track consisting of two parallel wire
ropes with a third rope or cable in the
center and below, from which the mo-
tive power Of the car comes. The car
the cable rope being underneath the
car and attached to 1t or loosened at
the will OF the gripman. They can
travel at speed of ten miles an hour.
When all is ready for the trip the
gripman picks up the whirring cable,
and away the ear goes, held in it's
aerial position by the wheels that run
on the rope tracks above, which. be-
ing constructed to carry about three
times the weight of the cars. may be
relied upon to safely convey the living
freight across the Chilkoot pass. The
road will be constructed in two sec
tions. four miles long. with powe"
house for each cable. The first sec
ton will be from the Dyea canon to
Sheep camp. trip that will necessi-
tate a rise of one thousand feet. to be
extended across the entire distance
according to the best Judgment of the
engineers. The second road will eX-
tend from Sheep camp TO Summit,
three and a-half miles. with rise of
$500 feet, and thence to Crater lake,
with fall of 500 feet. Iron supports
about a hundred feet apart will carry
the wires. The roadway will have a
carrying capacity Of l20 tons daily. Or,
as the company estimates il, it will be
able to carry over the pass 200 miners,
with their outfits. every day,
The great advantage that such a
roadway as this will have over all the
ether plans suggested for surmount-
ing the tremendous obstacles of the
Chilkoot. is that it is so light and
strong in construction that 1t can be
built for small outlay and in a very
short time. All that is necessary is
for the supporting pillars to be made
according to measurements forwarded
by the engineers. Who have gone
carefully over the ground pick
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14
"Jeb's Comforters. /"

One said: "I'll wear pleasant smile.
No matter what is wrong.
I'll give my fellowmen look
OF gladness all day long,"
And so he smiled in kindest way,
And people murmured that
His mind was weak, and that he
grinned
Gust like a Glossy cat"
One said: Wherever l may be
I'll raise a happy song,
That weak and feeble souls may feel
Uplifted and made strong"
He sang, and all the neigborhood
Said: eff you want to bawl
Like that, why don't you hustle out
And try to hire hall?"
One said: ''The world is full of woe,
Our toll with care is blent.
I'll cheer the workers on with kind
Words of encouragement"
And so he spoke in accents mild
Some words of weight and worth,
And for his thoughtfulness was asked
To please get off the earth.
And that was right. 'Tis not the smile,
The song, nor yet the shout,
That does as much as does the man
Who tries to help us out;
Who pitches in and gives lift,
And does not stand afar
And tells us, what we know ourselves,
How sad our fortunes are.
Baltimore Amesican.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14
SLEEP IN THE CIGARETTE.
Leathean Compound Used by an Elk.
pert Spanish Thief on Passengers.

Professor De Gubernatis, the we'll
known Italian orientalist, has been the
victim of a crime often read of in
lurid tales but seldom experienced in
real life. The other day he was
travelling in a first-class carriage, in
which there was one other individual.
He went to sleep and on arriving at
Parua found himself without his purse,
containing 1,400 francs. He immediate
ly complained to the station authori-
ties, and not long after a certain Span
ish, Alfredo Garcia, of Barcelona.
who described himself as a silk mer.
chant. was arrested, says a London
paper.
In spite of his protestations of in
nocence his baggage was examined
and was found to contain, besides a
knife, money and scissors used by
thieves for cutting out pockets, a case
with some cigarettes. This last OBJ.
jet IN the possession of a Spanard is
not suspicious circumstance. but one
OF the polite thought he would try
them, and to his establishment the
room full of people were soon all
soundly and peacefully sleeping. An
examination proved that the cigarettes
contained a substance, the smoke of
which acts as a narcotic, while the
smoker experiences no inconvenience
after having become accustomed to IL
The arrest Of the professors travel
ing companion was soon effected, but
Professor De Gubernatis has not re-
covered penny OF his lost money.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14

nothing move you-nothing arouse
you to sense of your degradation,
I'm afraid not. George" laughed
the prodigal. I've lived too long
with the swine 70 be open 10 senti.
mental twinges. CuJ the preaching,
George I'll do the best can to drink
myself to death and then you'll be
we'll rid of me. There, old fellow, I'm
ready to SO. Chuck me what you think
best and let me get out and drown
this thirst. know you're scared to
death for fear somebody may come in
and find me here. But I won't dis.
grace you unless you rifle me too far.
l think a good deal of you, George -
and I'm especially fond of your
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14

three years, Same old cordial greet.
ing for the prodigal. But don't
blame you. my dear boy. I'm the same
old family disgrace. Same old rags;
same old appetite"
He looked himself over with a
comical leer. and shook his head in O
disappearing way.
How much do you want?" asked
George Bicknell.
Rather coarse. rather coarse.
chuckled the prodigal still. it's your
money. You know it's always thrown
away on me. I'm poor custodian for
family funds. Every penny will so in
riotous living"
Man. man." cried George. will
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14
THE TRAMP AND THE BOY.

it was New Years morning. The
gray light filtered. dimly through the
windows OF George Bicknells study.
George Bieknell himself stood by his
desk looking down at the travesty of
a man who sat back jauntily in the
easy chair before him, George Bick-
nell's face was pale and stern. The
face OF the other man was distorted by
leer.
eyes, brother George" the visitor
said in husky voice, 1--WE come to
nay you my semi-occaslonal fraternal
cali Same old welcome notice. and
vet you haven't seen me before in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14
The Indiana Conscience.

They had a revival in an Indiana
town the other day and a Hoosier got
up and said that he took money to
vote for Mckinley and then voted for
Bryan"
I don't see the point. Yes. I do,
He wanted them to understand thai
he wasn't quite himself or else he
would have got money from both
sides! "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-14

Col. J. Harry Powers, 81 years old.
OF Newcastle, Pa, has challenged
Abraham oppenheimer, who is so
and calls himself champion old man
skater. to a match.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-19

philosophers since Franklin sent up his
historic kite. The net result OF more
than a century OF attempt 10 secure
protection has been the lightning rod in
It's more or less inefficient forms. and
the discovery that buildings of modern
construction, having metallic roofs and
often metallic frames as well, are prac-
tically immune from attack by light
ming. The total number Of deaths due
TO lightning IN any given summer Is
comparatively very small-in the ratio
Of about one TO each 100000 population
In the United States.
In cities the destructive influence OF
lightning Is exceedingly small, although
occasional fires are caused by IT, espc-
cially where gnsppes abound.
Protection Of electric circuits from
lightning has been an interesting sub
iect for research for a number Of years.
and several highly efficient devices
have been constructed for this purpose.
Today lightning is little feared by the
station superintendent, and should be
very little feared by any one. The time
honored rule that II is wlsest TO keep
In the open and not seek the shelter OF
trees Is one which common prudence
dictates. Recourse 10 the feather bed
Of our ancestors, however. Is no longer
necessary, except 10 quiet the nerves OF
tmorous persons. while the ancient
superstitions regarding handling steel
Instruments and sitting In draughts
mas be utterly disregarded A modern
building In city is as nearly ahso-
lutely protected from lightning as Is
possible.-Elpctrfcal Review.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-19
Women Farmers.

Miss KnObe tells about THE Lady
warwick School for Women Farmers''
aIn this rural spot, on the outskirts OF
reading. only an hours run from Lon
don the beautiful and accomplished
Conntess Of Warwick Is sponsoring q
,noqt original scheme whereby English
,irIs may be coached In agriculture.
There are agricultural colleges, TO be
s,re wherein limited instruction Is CIV
an the wrongly named weaker SEX but
IN this singularly interesting school IN
England exclusively for women-the on
~ one in England, II not In the world
IL a thorough practical course
n If may be 80 called, from the raising
Of eabbages and chrysanthemums TO
The building OF a pig-sty and the max
ING of a haypound. These sturdy daugh-
teps of Ceres, in other words, are fitted
10 run farm.
@rhis unique school was opened in
October. 1898. The minimum period OF
training Is Two years, and at the end OF
that time certificate is awarded. The
theoretical mart Of the course Is syste-
matically pursued in the agricultural
aenartment OF the adjacent Reading
college. Many of the lectures occur in
ne winter. with rigid examinations al
The end OF each term, while the pfacll-
cal demonstration is done at the hostel
Inv the girls There Is only one man
about the place, horticultural instruc"
for who comes three times a week. A
registry department has been opened
some OF the students have already Sc
cured good positions, while others have
started independently. In the mean
time the students are gaining a snug
income by the sale of their produce
These girl students are receiving
more than a scientific course, for the
social and athletic sid,' Is not to be
overlooked. Though SO ne Of the stu
dents are up with III lark-and at
Warwick Hostel the larl is scheduled 10
soar at precisely fourr lirty-attendlng
10 tasks in the field here are hours
during the day and evening set aside
FOR recreation. Lively contests In boat
Ing. tennis and hockey are arranged.
SThat this work Is excellent from the
competitive standpoint of the world
NAV be acknowledged when 1t Is said
these fair farmers dote on entering all
The big agricultural exhibits thereabout,
and carrying OFF a string of the prizes
moreover"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-19
iKYSCRApER SAFEST PLACE
The Tall Office Buildings Not Damaged
by Lightning.

Without doubt lightning was the first
electrical phenomenon that was ever
observed by human beings. To this
day It remains the least known and
least understood Of natural electrical
manifestations, except, perhaps, the
aurora.
There is a vast deal OF popular mis-
conception concerning the danger OF
lightning and the nature OF Il. The
lightning flash is a discharge from a
cloud at high potential with reference
10 the earth.
Whom the atmosphere Is charged with
water yapor and some eddy or current
In Its colder upper strata is DETECTED
downward, causing condensation, and
exceedingly minute drops OF water are
lormed, each bearing an electrical
charge. The consolidation OF these into
arger drops results In very great in
creinent OK the potential OF the charge.
since the capacity OF the drop varies
With lite diameter and the volume OF
The drop with the cube OF the diameter.
Tie consequence OF this n that II
takas, for example eight drops ccnsoli.
GATED 70 maze one OF twice the diameter
% the constituent drops, and the charge
IN the surface OF the consolidated drop
All be four times as great as that upon
- surface OF It's elements. In this
Nay, Ss The small water particles unite
o form drops which fall as rain. the
otcn;isi u The ,Nharge they carry in
'rcas,s Lulil 81 atialns enormous values
and The Hshtnink fash leaps TO the
,arth whicG MY be regarded simply
AZ q BODY OF very great electrostatic
sapaciiy. THIS discharge, which is
allied lightning, Is apt TO be more or
esq destructive. although the energy
" an Individual fash is perhaps not
very great.
Often the conditions are such that the
ifcharge takes on an oscillating char
cter. producing violent surgings Of
urrent. No very accurate measure
ments have been made upon the cur
rent involved, but II is taken 20 be OF
he order Of 1000 20 5000 amperes.
The eleotro-motive force necessary 20
cnuEe o fash a mile long IL possibly
several million volts. and. OF course, the
powor OF the nash measured IN watts
Is very great, hu; Its duration Is cor.
rtspondingly short
Protection OF property and life from
irhtnina ilashes has been subject that
has entranced the attention Of natural
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-19

one OF the ccuntry's most interesting
industries is that OF sponge fishing
which is carried on in the waters sur
rounding the Florida keys. The fishing
grounds form three separate stretch
es along the south and west coacts
VI the peninsula, including nearly all
the reefs, the total area being between
1000 and 5000 square miles. Key West
Il the center Of the industry and New
York city the receiving and distributing
point for the product. About 200 small
boats and several schooners manned
by between 700 and 800 spongers, are
regularly engaged In the fishing.
The annual crop Of spOnges 10 be-
tween 5000 and 5000 bales, which is
nothing TO what the fishing grounds
should yield. The small harvest is
aused chiefly by the ignorance and
Impotence Of a majority OF the fisher
men, who win not give the baby
sponge" sufficient time 60 mature and
multiply. Since there is no law prohib-
ting the taking Of sponges under a GER
tain size, the present wholesale destruc-
ton. which has been going e. for
years. threatens the American sponge
With determination.
The United States fish commission 10
alive 10 the fate which threatens the
industry, and will send a vessel down
soon TO the Florida sponge grounds 70
make a survey OF their extent, form
an estimate Of the sponge supply, and
devise means for Its protection. Many
experiments have been made In order
TO ascertain how the sponge may be
planted and cultivated artinclaly, but
none has proved very successful, as the
fishermen infest every region in which
sponges are likely to grow. Some ex-
periinents were recently made al Key
West, About 1000 sponges were cut for
seed and planted in shallow waters.
The seed" or cuttings were fastened
to the bottom by wires or long thin
sticks, and also skewed or pinned to
rods Of wood. II has been found by
this method that the seeds planted in
coves do not produce such large
sponges as those planted I'm tideways
The principal drawback TO this arti-
fetal cultivation, aside from the deyas-
'Hti'hs VI Aif IL Anhl II
takes from three TO seven years for q
snonge TO mature and reach a market
able size.
The estimated value Of Florida's an
nual crop Of sponges is about $3.50, 900,
and the quality OF the product ranks
next TO that OF the West indies, the
Mediterranean and the Red Sea. The
real Turkish sponges are found only in
the beds OF the Mediterranean, and
quickly sell for as high a price as $50
and even $40 pound Next to these
IN quality Is our own sheepswool
sponge, so named because OF It's soft
ness and frmness Of texture. They sell
at from 81 70 SO pound and are pre-
ferred hv many per7ons for toilet use
to the Turkish sponge.
Two average weight Of a sponge when
placed on the market Is from one ounce
to one pound. Only the small sizes are
orr waters. Besides the
sheepswool, there are also found in our
waters the velvet, grass. yellow and
glove sponges. The velvet are next In
value to the sheepswool. They were
very scarce few wears ago and now
are almost extinct. The lowest grade Of