Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-19
eLEANiNGs AND GOSSIP

442 towns with populations of from
10000 to 100000.
Japan has no laws for the protec-
ton of labor or restricting the en-
ployment Of women and children.
The car of Russia is a cigarette
smoker. He rolls his own cigarettes
from tobacco especially imported
from Syria.
Nearly 10000 tons of corks are
needed for the bottled beer and
aerated waters consumed annually in
Britain.
Our annual shipments of horses to
Great Britain have a cash value of
over S5,000,000, not counting recent
sales to the war Office for use in the
south African campaign
OF the 10000 American soldiers
who participated in the Mexican war.
| only about 5000 are living. At a re-
union held in independence, Mo-, last
week there were present AZ of these
veterans, whose average age was 70
years.
An experiment with women as tor
eadors was recently made In the bull
ring at Cadiz, Spain, and was far from
satisfactory. The women proved very
poor bull killers, and the cheers
turned to Kisses before the days en-
| tertainment was over.
The Peruvian government is taking
measures to bring to the attention of
United States manufacturers and pro-
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exposition established at Lima, Peru.
as means Of introducing their goods
TO South America.
The art of printing, sir!" ex-
claimed the fervid optimist. sis in it's
infancy! My grandson. and possibly
my son, will one day have his Sunday
newspaper brought to him in 20 han.
dy quarto volumes, in a polished oak
bookcase, all for FIVE cents! Yes, sir,"
Puck.
During the last fiscal year there
was decrease of 306 in the number
OF new postoffices established, from
the previous year, and an increase of
LIS in the plumber of postoffices dis
continued Tne net increase is only
257. Tire cause is the extension of
free rural delivery.
The last American camel died in
southwestern ArizL.a a few weeks
ago. Now Hi Jolly, a Greek, who had
charge of the only importation of
camels made by the United States
government, is dying The camels
came to the United States from Egypt
and Smyrna in 1857.
The proposed law for old age pen
sions meets with much opposition in
France, on the ground that the age at
which the pension falls due, 65, is far
beyond the average life of the French
workman. Many labor organizations
have protested and all have no mind
to lay by from their wages money by
which they personally are little likely |
to profit.
Gov. JEFF Davis of Arkansas is very |
angry at a Fort Smith editor who |
printed something about him in the |
paper. He is urging the prosecuting |
attorney to ask the grand jury to in |
dict the editor for criminal libel. 81 /
do not want" he wrote last week, ito |
be forced to take my shotgun and the |
law in my hands, but l do not intend |
to stand for this a minute"
The suggestion which came origi- |
nally from Australia that there should !
be uniform postage of two cents for |
letters to all parts of the world has |
been approved by Italy, Switzerland, !
Egypt and some South American |
states, while Germany has disap- |
proved. England, France, Russia and |
Austria have united in the suggestion
that the whole question should be re-
ferred to the next postal worlds con-
gress, to be held at Roms in 1902.
A Kansas City (Kan.) minister has
adopted an interesting method of
eliminating a church debt. He has
Incorporated his church just as any
business enterprise would be incor-
porated and has placed shares on the
market at the rate of 10 cents each.
In order to stimulate interest in the
sale of this stock he has secured q
number of donations which will be
given as prizes to the children who
sell the largest number of shares.
When il was too late the BARRIERS
customer discovered that the operator
he had selected to manipulate the
razor had been indulging in strong
drink. But he sank back in his chair,
trusting TO luck for a successful
shave. The inevitable happened.
however. when the nerve racked bar
Der jabhed a piece of cuticle from the
victims chin. Now. you see. sir.
what hard drinking will do" walled the
damaged person. Eyes. IL does make
the skin tender" said the man of
shears and blade-New York Times.
the private Physician of Emperor
William l.. a Berlin journal relates an
amusing story regarding that mon
areh's baths. There was no bathroom |
in his Berlin palace. and he used to |
send over for tub to the Hotel de |