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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
His Name Always the Same.

1t was evident in his swagger that
he was a scion Of the British aristoc-
racy, and the most casual observer
could not have failed to note that he
was a stranger to the city. He
touched on the shoulder a well .dressed
authenticated young man who was
lolling in front of Broadway hotel
Pardon me. dear man, but could
trouble you for a match?"
After lighting his cigar, he con-
tinued:
bah jove! this is a remarkable city.
This is me first visit to New York dye
know? I'm a deuced stranger. but on
the other side I'm a person of import
ance. ! am Sir Francis Daffy. knight
of the garter, KNIGHT of the bath.
knight of the double eagle. knight OF
the golden fleece, knight OF the iron
cross. Dye mind telling me your
name. me dear mann"
Replied he OF the auburn hair. in a
deep. rich brogue:
ME name is Michael Murphy, night
before last night before that, last
night, tonight and every damn night
Michael Murphy New York Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11

constantly at work on some new in
vention by means of which he hopes
to retrieve his fortunes, but so far his
efforts have not been successful.
Nelson Stow, when a young man,
succeeded in business so well at Cen.
ter Village, a lall place near here,
that he owned a large part of the
town and had many men employed un-
der him in various industries. Think
ing to find larger field for his activ.
ity he came to Binghamton and start.
ed a whip factory, which proved a
money-making venture. He conceived
the idea of building a street railroad
here, and after consulting Orlow W.
Chapman and other prominent men
constructed the first street car line
ever built in Binghamton. The project
was failure.
Nelson saw that he was losing
money and tried to better himself.
Having given considerable attention
to dentistry he determined to attempt
the invention of machine to do away
with the clumsy methods then en-
ployed in cleaning out cavities in
teeth, He worked upon his invention
twelve years, and long before he had
it finished his rail road line and all his
other property was in the hands Of
Others. But success came at last and
the flexible shaft drill was completed.
Its advantages over the old method
were apparent, and Philadelphia den
tai firm placed many orders for Stow,
whose idea was to manufacture the
machine himself. He started a small
factory here and exhibited the flexible
shaft at the Philadelphia centennial,
where he received many orders for it.
But in filling these orders a fatal
mistake was made. Soon after the
machines were sent out complaints
began to come in that they were use
less. Upon investigation it was found
that certain part had been over
heated in making the machines and
all were worthless. The amount in
volved was only $4,000, but 1t was
enough to throw him into bankruptcy.
He sold an interest in the flexible
shaft to Philadelphia firm and be-
fore he could get enough money to-
gether to start in business again the
patent right had expired.
Other people took up its manufac-
ture and it has already yielded them
in profits something like $4,000, 900.
This is in the manufacture of dental
drills alone. The flexible shaft, how
ever, is used for scores of other pur-
poses, is used for scores of other pur-
turing, and millions of dollars worth
of them are made every year. But the
inventor doesn't get a cent of the
profit.-New York Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
A Wall Street Dictionary.

Watering-To increase the quantit,
of stock without improving it's quail
! ity.
Carrying-To hold a stock with the
expectation of an advance.
Irish Dividend-An assessment
| upon stockholders.
Tip-Private information in ad
vance of the movement of a stock.
Hunch--A tip passed on ones in
stinct or impression.
Big Board-The New York Stock
Exchange.
On Change-The floor of the STOCK
Exchange.
Bucketing-To execute orders in
stocks without dealing on any regular
exchange.
Lamb--A new Spectator without
knowledge of the market or its meth.
DDS.
Bull-One who has bought stocks
expecting an advance.
Bear-One who has sold stocks and
who gains by a decline.
Short-One who has sold stocks for
decline.
Long-To have bought for rise.
Loading-To buy stocks heavily.
Pool-Tbe stock and money con.
tributed by clique to carry through
a corner.
Covering-Buying stock to satisfy a
short sale on the day of delivery.
Block-A number of shares bought
or sold in lump.
Averaglng-Buying or selling stocks
on scale.
slump-A sudden decline in the
price of stocks.
Boom-The opposite of a slump.
Bottom-The lowest point or price
reached by stock.
Top-The highest quotation of a
stock.
Insider-One who causes A move.
ment in the stock market.
Scalping-Buying or selling stocks
on slight fluctuations.
Piker-A small Spectator.
Plunger--one who deals heavily in
stocks. taking great risks.
Blind Pool-A close corporation;
enc which does not issue any state.
ment of expenses or earnings.
Crazy Market-One which fuc.
tuates violently without apparent
reason.
Collateral-Any security given in
pawn when money is borrowed.
Squeeze-A sudden movement OF
the market which forces the bulls or
bears TO close out their stocks at
loss.
Bulge-The upward movement Of a
stock.
Break--A sudden decline caused by
: stringency in the money market.
Unloading-To sell out stocks which
have been carried for some time.-
New York World.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
A Literary Prodigy.

A young girl, IL years old, who
writes novel which sets all Chicago
by the ears should prove to be a
literary light of no small importance.
Miss Margaret Horton Potter, daugh-
ter of wealthy Chicagoan, accom-
plished this triumph when, several
years ago, she wrote "a Social Lion"
under a nom de guerre. Within
year from that time Miss Potter pro
duced and had published "Uncanon-
ized," book of absolutely different
character from her first work, and
which portrayed life in the monas-
teries in England of the time of King
John. Soon after this successful
book was brought out Miss Potter,
then at the age of 10 wrote THE
House Of de Mailly," a story of France
and America in the early 18th century.
In the course of its publication in
Harper's Bazaar as a serial, during
which process it was found necessary
TO omit a very considerable portion of
the story, this novel has proved Miss
Potter to be possessed of extraordinary
capacity for woman of her years.
The Harpers will publish it complete
in book form in June.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
COOL AS a DUDE.
How Earthquakes are Regarded In San
Salvador.


Il was in San Salvador. staying with
an American friend" said the returned
tourist, when one summers night, as
| sat in a chair on the veranda and he
reclined in hammock, there came
rumbling and a quaking. | in
stinctively kaew it for an earthquake,
but ! said to my friend:
Jim, aren't we in for calamity Of
some sort?'
"'oh, l guess not was the lazy
reply.
but that was shock, wasn't it?'
II guess it was.
'How's the house,?
Pretty solid; no need of worrying.
There came a second shock after
minute, and that veranda wabblec
around under it till my head swan.
| heard the servants running and yell
ing, and | was pretty thoroughly
scared as said to jim:
Don't you think we'd better get
out in to the garden where all is
clear?'
MOT yet. The ground out there
might open and swallow u.s.
But another such shock will bring
the house down on u.s.
Hardly. That's only the second
shock. The third won't be much
worse, but the fourth will be buster.
If there is one. We'll take q walk in
time
The third shock did make things
rattle. The house seemed to be
picked up and shaken like a rat.
was not only seasick, but frightened to
death az said:
Don't you think it's time to move,
Jim?
Not yet; may not be another
shock, and we must keep our dignity
before the natives. Just listen for
far-off roaring
I'm about two minutes we caught il
and left the veranda for the garden,
and we were only clear Of the house
when it collapsed, with every other
building on the place. The earth
heaved up as if rolling in waves, and
as was flung down | seized the grass
and held on. The shock was over in
minute, and as sat up called out:
" For Gods sake, Jim, is this the
last?'
"'Sure. Mike!' he laughed. We
never have to exceed four shocks at
once
land is the house Destroyer
'Teetotally busted. as you see.'
"'And what-what-'
"'Oh, nothingp he interrupted. It's
derned nuisance of course. but I've
got to go to work and build up again.
It's the seventh time, and enough to
bore man, but let's look for the
whiskey and then find bush to sleep
under. Ho--hum! Why can't things
let Teller alone when he's dog tired
and half asleep?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
HIS LAST POEM.


Inc last poem Written by the late
maurice Thompson appears in The
new York Independent. The following
is an extract:
Perhaps some peerless southern
knight
Led on at Seven Pines,
VI storned the heights at Gettysburg
And died above the lines.
A Farragut, dashed to the mast,
A Forrest, riding free,
A Cleburne, charging set the pace
OF fiawless bravery.
"A2d after all what matters it
TO soldiers good and true
Whether the hero died in gray
Or laughed at death in blue.
The man that Stonewall Jackson led,
Or Grant or SHERMAN taught.
Learned at the blazing cannon's
mouth
The worth of those he fought.
Fling out the tattered, grimy flags
In Freedoms blazing sun;
Cali forth the limping veterans
And cheer them one by one"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11

there is woven mo tbs portion
curious story ve.y like thai of the
parable OF the Rich Man aad Laza-
rus" The doCt. the Of future punish
ment, not found in tha Egyptian ritz.
ais, is clearly stated in the words:
He that is good upon earth, they are
! good to him in AmeDti-he that is evil
upon earth, they are evil to him."
The latter part of the papyrus con-
tains the account of the magical con.
test between Si-Osiris and the magi-
clans of Ethiopia--resemblin the ira
ditional contest between Moses and
James and Jambres. Here we have
two curious echoes of the p,acucs of
Egypt The magician said to his
mother, the Negress, as a sign:
When thou shalt eat and drink thy
water shall be the color of blood and
the heaven shall be the color of
blood" Here we have certainly the
echo of the first plague EXODUS, vii,
49,. So, also, in ano-Ser passage is
the plague of darkness preserved
One of the magicians, who is in pri
son, says: 81 would cast my spell up
on Egypt, and will cause the people
of Egypt to pass three days and three
nights without seeing light" words
which certainly resemble those of the
plague of darkness EXODUS, x, Ply.
The treasures of this curious docu-
ment are not exhausted, for here we
have also the story of Moses and the
bulrushes, for one magician rebukes
the other with the words: "Art thou
not Her, the son of the Negress, whom
| saved in the reeds of Raj" The man
uscript contains many more valuable
gleanings from the traditions current
in Egypt in the first century of our
era, period when Alexandria was the
emporium of the literary wares of all
the known world. This valuable
papyrus is but an earnest of what we
may expect as the rubbish heaps of
the Fayoum and Lower Egypt are ex-
plered.-London Standard.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
for the difference in size between the

for the difference in size between tbs
right hand and the left There are
exceptions, however, to this rule
Sometimes a glove that will slip with
perfect ease on the right hand will
not fit the left hand at all. 1t will
prove too small.
Il have noticed curious difference
in the finger muscles of the right
hand. The degree of hardness seems
to diminish as you pass from the fore
finger toward the smallest digital
member, but when you get to the
small finger you find something of
the hardness which you have found in
the first digit. The muscles of the
two middle finge-s-that is, the sec.
ond and third fingers-are comrara-
lively soft. But the muscles in these
fingers on the right hand are general
ly harder than the muscles in the
same fingers on the left hand These
fingers are more active than the
others. The thumb of the right hand
is harder than the thumb of the left
hand, but the difference between the
thumbs is not so marked, as these
members are always pretty busy. The
veins on the right hand and arm stand
out more conspicuously than they do
on the left, and for the same reasons
Just where the effect of handshak-
ing ends on the muscles of the right
side of the body cannot with certainty
be determined. The molecular ener-
gies started may reach down through
all the muscles of the right hand, but
the force is gradually diminished as II
leaves the hand, and any difference
that might exist between the muscu.
lar formations on this side of the
main body and the other would scarce
ly be perceptible, and consequently
would be of no moment. In cases like
that of the president of the United
States the effect of handshaking on
the muscles OF the hand, wrist and
arm is very noticeable, even to the
man with an unframed eye for such
things. New Orleans Times Demo-
crat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
THE DEER'S HORNS.
They Present All the Phenomena of
Animal and Vegetable Growth.

They Present All the Phenomena of
Animal and Vegetable Growth.
Why and how is the deer so pecul-
Early unlike any other of the bovine
race, the horn differing so materially
from all the horned cattle in it's COM
position, growth, maturity and de-
cline? 1t presents all the phenomena
of animal and vegetable growth. It
sprouts from the brain without any
prolongation of the frontal bone. 1t
rises and breaks through the sinews
and takes root on the bone, growing
the same as vegetable. 1t is nour-
ished by and secretes albumen upon
the surface and disposes of the fibrine
the same as an animal
1t is clothed with a skin and hairy
coat very different from that on the
rest OF the body. This covering and
hair possesses a property unknown in
other animal bodies-that of being a
styptic to stanch it's own blood when
wounded. 1t carries marks of the age
on the buck by putting out an extra
branch each year, which shows an ad-
ditional power each year to produce
them. And this power does not exist
in the female. So this difference is
more distinctly marked than in any
other class of animals. Again, the
horn possesses properties unknown in
any other animal matter. 1t is en-
tirely inodorous, capable of resisting
putrefaction and almost impervious to
the effects of the atmosphere.
And still water at 300 degrees F.
will dissolve these horns readily,
even though they are not soluble in
alcohol and resist the action of acids
and alkalies. 1t is the only vegeto
animal substance that we know of
that does not perpetuate itself by pro-
creation.
The male and the female are sus-
tanned by the same nutrition and ele-
ments, and the male only produces
horns. This phenomenon is quite as
much of a curiosity as the absence of
the horn in the buck after shedding
Florida Times Union Citizen.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
PALACE GATES FOR SALE.
A Set Going Cheap in London for
Matter of Six Thousand Guineas

A Set Going Cheap in London for
Matter of Six Thousand Guineas.
Two set of palace gates are in the
market, one belonging to Anne
Boleyn's palace at Sunbury, the other
to Carshalton Park. The grounds of
Anne Boleyn's palace are being man.
gled into building lots and the same
fate has overtaken beautiful Carshal-
ton Park. The gates were bought by
a curio dealer in the Brompton road,
who makes a speciality of old iron
work-a very different thing from old
iron.
Both sets of gates are unique"
said the dealer. "My price for the
Carshalton gates is 5000 guineas; for
the Anne Boleyn gates $50 guineas. An
American millionaire, one of the best
known men in the world, has written
over for particulars of the gates. He
wants one set for the back entrance
of his park and one for the front"
In these hard times it is refreshing
to hear that some one can afford to
pay $1,000 odd for his gates. The
Duke Of DC 01shire is said to value
the gatss II Devonshire House in
Piccadilly !; about 1000 guineas. The
gates at Carshalton Park were de-
signed by Leoni the Italian archi-
tect. They were to embellish a won
derful palace he had designed for the
plutocrat Scawen. Scawen died,
however and the palace was never
built-only the gates. They are 120
feet long, of beaten ironwork, and
date back to about 1920. At the sides
are two carved stone piers, sur
mounted by huge lead figures of Ac-
taeon and Artemis According to the
dealer piers and figures are "abso-
lutely unique"
The gates of Anne Boleyn's palace
are much smaller. Experts in gates
think that they were put up in the
time of Elizabeth, poor Anne's daugh-
ter. There is quaint squareness
about their design which is certainly
suggestive of Elizabethan art ideals.
''They don't make much ironwork
nowadays" said the dealer. That's
partly what makes these gates so
valuable. London Mail.
How do you like your new cook?"
"All right so far. But here she
comes"
''why, that's not the cook you had
yesterday"
''No; but you spoke of the new one.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
BEWARE OF THE sTRAP.
Possible Source of Infection to These
Who Ride in Street Cars.

Possible Source of Infection to These
Who Ride in Street Cars.
The connection between the microbs
and the street car strap has frequently
been discussed. and at least one
recent instance has proved somewhat
distressingly that danger is likely to
Turk in the piece of leather which
helps to support so many women dur
ing the rush hours of the day. It.
was to protect a fresh pair of white
gloves that New York woman, COM
PEELED to stand. held her handkerchief
inside the strap while going to the
theater. On the way home she was
again comelled to stand, and once
more the handkerchief came between
her glove and the leather.
Whether is was after that or during
the evening at the theater that she
once thoIShtlessly put the handker-
chief to her face is detail that she
does not recall. but two days after
wards a pain on her lip became 30
intolerable that she was compelled to
see a doctor, who found her suffering
from incipient blood poisoning, which
it was already too late for him to
prevent. The most that he could do
was to watch her carefully through a
long attack of illness. which at one
time threatened to end fatally.
He attributed this to some poisonous
substance which had passed to her
handkerchief from the strap, and that
was his diagnosis the moment he
heard the story of the ride on the cable
car. She fortunately recovered. and
her physician thinks that the present
disagreement to her face which re-
suited from the necessity CT an
operation will not be permanent. TIL
case has convinced this. physician
who is a man of considerable eX-
perience in surgery, of the dangers
that Turk in the street car strap.-New
York Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
TO WARD OFF INFLUENZA
Belief in Curative Properties of the
Eucalyptus Plant.

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Odd little trees are fashionable now
as interior decorations, instead OF the
huge palms and other leafy plants
that were in high favor a few seasons
ago. There is one pot plant which has
lately earned for itself much popu-
larity. 1t is the eucalyptus tree. Not
for its beauty is this plant bought
and nurtured. nor for it's rarity. but
because II is a curative possession.
and II is believed to ward off the In.
fuenza fiend, or, when II ia trjumph-
antly active, to scotch" and kill r.
The eucalyptus halls from the south
OF France, whence so many fairer
horticultural treasures come. Though
the best time to procure plants IL in
the summer, at which period OF tbe
year influenza is not usually rife
many Of the florists In London are
now purposely stocking IL to meet the
demands of those who place faith in
It's powers.-London Mail.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
Wiseacreaee.

It's wise child that makes cow.
ards of us all.
How can we look for change when
were Always here and it's always
now?
Tnis Is world OF sin and misery.
Sin is mans share, and misery wo-
mans.
Inc modern poet achieves a pen
ciieu sonnet to a penciled eyebrow
Heart hunger is not so bad as heart
indigestion.
Our aspirations frequently turn out
to be exasperations.
Love is the one window through
which the Finite may catch a glimpse
OF the Infinite.-Carolyn Wells in
Smart Set.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-11
HOW M'klNLEY SHAKES HANDS,
New Orleans Physician Says He Does
1t Eagerly and Firmly.

New Orleans Physician Says He Does
1t Eagerly and Firmly.
Il had the pleasure of shaking
hands with President Mckinley while
he was in New Orleans" said a local
physician, "and l was very much i'm
pressed with the way he grabbed my
hand. He is not a timid handshaker.
He grabs the hand like he meant it
eagerly, firmly and like he was glad
to grab it. Do you know, judge men
in this way? | utterly despise the
dish-rag handshake, the soft, mushy
handshake. l want to feel the muscles
of the hand contract and harden. This
fishy, wilted, Uriah Heep handshake
is an abomination in the sight of men
who pay enough attention to it to rea.
son the matter out OF course, there
are some good men who have a very
light grip; but nine men out of ten
who hand you wilted paw are weak
in the spinal column. Mckinley has
a good grip-a good, hard, earnest
hand
BY the way, did you ever think
about the effect of handshaking on
the muscles of the hand, the wrist and
the arm? The muscles of the fingers
on the right hand, the wrist muscles
and the muscles of the arm and Shout
der are more thoroughly developed
than the muscles on the other side
of the body. The muscles and liga-
ments that are brought into play by
the hand shaking habic are hardened,
and this affords one of the reasons