Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-10-24
eLEANINes AND GOSSIP.

The city of Arbedeen. Scot, has
within short time been giving
10000, tc e25,000 by Lord Noun
Stephen of Canada. to lift the debt OF
the royal infirmary, G25,000from Lord
Strathcona, another Canadian, for the
university of Aberdeen, and 425,000
from c. W. Mitchell of Newcastle, to
apply on university debts.
The manufacture of cigarettes in the
United States is on the decline. ac-
cording to Tobacco. a trade journal.
The high water mark was reached in
1897, when 53,252,470 were made, oy
500 for each man. woman and child in
the United States. Within the last
three years the falling off has been
about OO,OOO,0O0 cigarettes a year.
An exciting scene was witnessed n
the Romita ring during bull-fight on
bicycles, says the Mexican Herald
Two of the chulos placed the banderil
los, or short stabbing sticks, into the
neck of the bulls. When the second
bull entered the ring Jose Basurto
| maneuvering his bicycle cleverly
| placed the sticks with great daring,
while his comrade cody sat on his
wheel, which was propped to stand up
right in the center of the ring Luckily
the bull paid no attention to him.
Workmen near Braddock, Pa re-
| Gently unearthed an Indian burial place
of considerable interest. The skeletons
found were surrounded by mussel
shells in such a manner as to indicate
that the bodies had been covered by
the shells when they were buried
When the bodies were taken out some
jade arrow points were found with
them. The bones were in such condl
ton that they crumbled readily when
handled, and only small portions Were
so hard that they could be carried
away as relies.
On a hot summer day Rev. Petit
one of the best known priests in Madi
son, was preaching in st. Raphael's
church, while in an adjoining lot {
number of boys were playing baseball
He had taken Heaven and the means
of reaching there" as the subject of hi
sermon, and when he came to the enc
of passage he paused in solemn
manner and asked, How then shall
We reach heaven?" Just then cam,
floating through the church window Il
a high-keyed voice, "Slide like the devil
slide!" 1t was one of the baseball
players coaching a base-runner.-Th
| Argonaut.
The archaeological department 0
the university of California has recen
ly been engaged in an exploration eS
petition TO Shasta county and certain
districts of Oregon. Prof. John c
Merriam has superintended the excava
tions. His efforts have been well re
warded. The district in Shasta count,
has been hitherto but little investi
! gated and rich finds have been made
Fossils of great ichthyosaurians, rhir
ocerosis, peccaries and jiant hors a
| and camels have been discovered
| Other remains, probably of new rep
lillian groups, but the exact nature d
| which has not yet been determine
have been added to the collection al
the university.
England is said to be in panic be
cause of the ravage of the potato
bugs. They are very rare
there, and caused an ex,
traordinary commotion. The board Of
agriculture has caused the ground tC
be quarantined, and all plant and AMI
NAL life upon it was destroyed. The
environs were searched for other speci
mems and a notice was issued to thu
public, calling attention to the law
which provides that any person may be
fined f10 who does not Immediately
notify the police of the discovery of tht
bug. The policemen are Obliged un
der heavy penalties to warn the board
of the presence Of the bug.
| The hackneyed American maiden
who said London was nice place Il
you knew the language was not bill
absurd. An American can hardly utter
a sentence in English without calling
attention to the difference between hii
speech and that of the people about
him, asserts Julian Ralph In a recent
article in Harper's magazine. II you
ask guest at your home in England
whether he likes his meat rare, he asks
you what you said, because he does not
understand you. He calls meat under
done when it is not thoroughly cooked
II you tell him you fear the asparagus
is canned, he is at loss again, be
cause he ould have said II is timed
To ask him 10 pass the powdered sugar
will again set him to wondering, for he
calls It icing sugar, generally, though
he knows IL is sometimes called caster
or sifted sugar.
In the early Indiana days. when both
judges and attorneys literally rode
the circuit" newly elected Judge
noted for his lack Of personal beauty
was plodding along on horseback be.
tween two county seats one fine sum.
mer day. Suddenly he was con-
/ fronted by a hunter, who unslung his