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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
FINE FOR FUEL.
The New Texas Oil and Its Quality
Considered.

The New Texas Oil and Its Quality
Considered.
When Pennsylvania or Ohio oil is
distilled, the last distillates, on cool
ing, deposit crystals of paraffine wax
and the residuum left in the stills has
certain characteristics quite peculiar
to these oils. When, however, Texas
or California oil is distilled, the
heavier distillates obtained by the
ordinary methods adapted to Penn
slyvania and Ohio oils yield no par
afine wax, and the residuum is great
er in amount and like asphaltum in
its character, and consists essentially
of asphaltum. Exactly what the diff
ferences are in the oils themselves,
before distillation, which cause this
result has not been adequately deter
mined Very little has been learned
in regard to the chemistry of the Tex
as oil. We know that in addition to
4, this "asphaltum base the oil con-
tains considerably more sulphur than
the sulphur-bearing crude petroleum
of Ohio and Indiana. The odor of the
statements in regard to it's usefulness
have varied within the most extraor-
binary limits. Some experts with
natural bent toward the optimistic
have staked their regulations on it's
being adaptable to all the uses of the
petroleum industry, that enormous
proportions of Illuminating oil can be
obtained from it with the greatest
ease; that its properties as lubricant
are unexcelled; whereas, on the other
hand, it has been condemned as 80
bad that it can furnish practically no
| illuminants;" has a wise osity too low
| for lubricating OIL" sis valueless as a
fuel oil on account of the corrosion of
the iron in furnaces from the sulphur
in the oil, and therefore unfit for fuel"
which would take from it the last pos
sibility of usefulness. Against this, on
the practical side, is evidence of more
value from the fact that the oil has a
sale at 20 cents barrel in large guam
titles. The railroads and other in
terests requiring steam are adapting
! their furnaces as rapidly as can be
done to the use OF this oil in the place
of coal, and in this respect, as in Cali
fornia, it comes as boon to the fuel
consumers. Its use as fuel oil has
been established, whether it corrodes
boilers or not. In regard to the pros
pect of using the oil for other pur-
poses, we must remember, in the case
of sulphur, that only few years ago
the problem of taking sulphur from
Ohio oils was unsolved, and yet
fully as good illuminants are now OBJ
tanned from the sulphur-bearing oils
of Ohio and Indiana as from any other
source.-David t. Day in American
Monthly Review of Reviews.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
Broken on the Wheel.

In the diary of that remarkable
man, General Patrick Gordon, who left
Scotland in 1861 a poor unfriended
wanderer, and when he died, in 1893
had his eyes closed by the affectionate
hands of his sorrowing master, the
Gear Peter the Great, the following
entry is to be found, under date, Ham
burg, March %, 1886:
This day a man and woman, q
burger of the town being the woman i
master, for numbering, were carted
from the prisone to the house where
the murder was committed; and there
before this house, with hottie pinsers,
the flesh was torren out of their arms,
and from thence were carted to the
place of justice without the town, and
there broken and layed on wheels"
An instance fifty years later han
those quoted at the last reference is
recorded in the Correspondence of
Mr.. Joseph Jekyll" Murray, 1890.
In April, ITS, from the balcony of his
lodgings at Orleans, Jekyll saw a
criminal broken on the wheel. In a
letter to his father (p. 49, he enters
minutely into the sickening details
adding that "the crime of the un.
fortunate creature was burglary, as we
learnt from his sentence, which is
posted up at every corner of the
street. London Notes and Queries.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
FEW PEW DOORS LEFT.
Once Considered Essential in Church
Equipment, Now Counted Obsolete.

Once Considered Essential in Church
Equipment, Now Counted Obsolete.
I'm old times" said dealer in
church fittings and equipment, ut was
a common thing to have doors on the
pews in churches. Fifty years ago in
most Protestant churches there were
pew doors. While used in Catholic
churches also, they were not SO com,
mon.
"In those days the pew door was an
institution; now it is pretty nearly
obsolete. There are still some in use.
They will be found here and there
yet in some of the old Protestant
churches, as they may be occasionally
too in some old Catholic churches,
but they constitute no part of the
equipment of any new church, and in
many old churches the pew doors have
been taken off as unnecessary and in
the way.
There are various reasons for this.
Conditions have changed for one
thing. In the old days pews were
more commonly rented entire. Now
there are more free churches, more
free pews, and there are rented nova
day a greater number OF individual
sittings
IN such conditions pew door is
not in any degree a necessity; 1t
might indeed be undesirable in itself.
Partly opened or closed, the door was
in the way; it might squeak; it was
likely to be slammed in opening or
closing. 1t was a quite unnecessary
expense. 1t was really surplusage.
and in all new churches its use was
everywhere discontinued whether the
pews were rented or not.
"In Catholic churches, where it is
still the comomn prevailing custom to
rent the pews, and where there might
still be some need for a pew door, its
place is now to some extent taken
by modern attachment called pew
guard. This is simple but slightly
strip of leather attached at one end
to the inner side of the upper part OF
the endpiece of the pew next the
aisle. the olner end, when the guard IS
not in use, hanging down over the pew
arm.
IF all the regular occupants OF q
pew are not yet in 1t. and 1t is de
sired to hold their places for them.
the pew guard is put up across the
open end OF the pew, the free end OF
the guard being then secured in n
holder made to receive it, fixed on the
inner side CT the upper part Of the
end piece OF the pew in front. Not in
use, the pew guard, hanging loosely
over the arm of the pew to which it
belongs, occupies practically no room
at all, and is in nobody's way.
And so the pew door. once in com.
mon use and commonly considered an
essential adjunct in the fittings of a
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

more than a ruin in the midst Of the
innumerable rims of monuments that
a, spree.s all over the ground around
it. It's branches are supported by thick
pillars, the trunk propped by masonry
in the shape of pyramid, which has
grown in height from century to Gen.
tury. Affairs stand all around, on
which the pilgrims lay their offerings.
The tree is enclosed by walls.
The sacred enclosure is entered
through the portico of a temple, the
priests of which have charge of the
maintenance of the Bo. M. Leclercq
has brought with him souvenir of his
visit: leaf, sold to him by yellow
robed priest for / rupe. The leaf is
about the size Of a mans palm and is
heart-shaped, somewhat like birch
leaf. It's stem is so slender that it
shakes constantly like an aspen leaf.
1t is because, the believers say, it Is
still rejoicing at having afforded shade
to Buddha.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
A GOOSE GAME.

"Ha, hal" said General Yellowbill
To Colonies Honk and White.
Here's fun! Well storm the corn
crib hill
And give jolly fright
To that relocated miss
Who's come to visit Little Sis.
LET every gander shake his tail
And flap his wings in air,
While arter us in state will trail
The lady geese so fair.
Well give the timid little misses
A fusillade of savage hisses!"
"Oh, dear! What dreadful things are
these?
I'm sure they mean to bite!"
Screamed tiny Bess. And, cousin
please,
Please hug me very tight!
| want my papa right away!
| want to go somewhere and play!'
I'm not afraid" said Little Sis,
Because they know my name,
And say it every time they hiss;
It's just goosies' camel"
Then ask them, please" said Bess
ito play
Their game with us some other day.
Forest Crissey in st. Nicholas.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
THE NAVAL CIPHER.
Il is Worse Than kanaka to the un-
initiated Layman.

Il is Worse Than kanaka to the un-
initiated Layman.
The naval cipher would make good
textbook for the puzzle editors and the
queer people who solve their freaklsn
maneuverings. Words and sentences
are as involved in these mysterious
writings as it is well nigh possible for
human thoughts to be concealed. All
the great departments of the govern
ment have their own way of transmit
ting secret messages, but the naval
code is the most intricate and vexa-
tious of all.
This naval code has been doing:
business for a good many years, but
no one ever thought much about it un-
til the Washington newspaper men.
suddenly discovered that it was very
great nuisance in their business. Not
that these enterprising chaps are un-
patriotic and want to pry into gov
eminent secrets, but the transmission
of code message takes such long
time that the waiting becomes tire
the receipt of an important message
is always breathed forth in this little
newspaper community, and there IT,
usually scurrying to the department
to get such portions as are to be
given out.
At first sight, these code cablegrams
are not different from any other code
messages. They are tumble of words
from all languages, LIMOGES and dia-
lects, with sprinkling Of common
strong slang. They suggest history,
prize fighting, art criticisms, mathe-
NAUTICAL problems, politics, circus adj
vertising, and, in fact, almost every
thing except something about ships.
Italian words are joined to Bowery
brevities to form word, and strange
surprises come in the shape of a col
| lection of letters with rs on both ends
and two or three KS in the middle
Detroit Journal.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
From Rain in the Woods.

When on the leaves the rain insists,
And every gust brings showers
down;
When all the woodland smokes with.
mists,
take the old road out of town
Into the hills through which it twists.
find the vale where catnip grows,
Where boneset blooms, with wetness~
bowed;
The vale through which the red creek
Turbin with hill-washed clay, and
loud
AS some strange horn the wildmanv
blows.
Like knots upon the gray-barked trees
The lichen-colored moths are press
ed;
And, wedged in hollow blooms. the
bees
Seem clotted pollen; in its nest
The hornet creeps and lies at ease.
The butterfly and forest bird
Are huddled in the same gnarle6ss
bough,
From which, like some rain-voweleds
word
That dampness hoarsely utters now.
The tree toad's voice is vaguely heard.
| crouch and listen; and again
The woods are filled for me with
forms
Weird, elfin shapes in train on train
Arise; and now feel the arms
Around me of the wraiths of rain.
0 wraiths of rain! o trailing mist,
Still fold me, hold me, and pursue!
Still let my lips by yours be kissed.
Still draw me with your hands of
dew
Unto the tryst, the dripping tryst!
Madison Cawein in Atlantic.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
OLDEST TREE is IN CEYLoN.
II Has Been Through the Weather OF
Twenty-Five Centuries.

The very oldest tree which has
withstood the onslaught of centuries,
is certainly the Bo-Gha or sacred Bo.
1t is one of the greatest natural
curiosities of Ceylon. II stands in An
uradhapura, the ancient capital of the
kings of the island. IL is fig tree
under which Gautama reseed on the
day he became Buddha. IL was plant
cd in 2SS before the Christian era, in
the eighteenth year of the reign of
Devenipiatissa. and is now 2.1S9 years
old. The extraordinary tree seems to
bearout the prophecy made by the
king who planted It.: 1t will blossom
TO the end of centuries.
NJ. LeclercQ, the oriental scholar,
sas that the sacred DO was honored
under all the reigning dygnasties and
spared by every invader. For % cen
uries. millions of pilgrims have come
and knelt down at the base of the re-
vered tree. To this day it's leaves are
piously gathered by the pilgrims and
kept and revered by them as sanity
relics. The renown of this tree dates
from far back, AS late as the fifth
century the Chinese traveller. Fa Han.
came to visit II.
The 30 of Anuradhspura is certain.
~ the Oldest historical tree now in ex.
istence. All the other Bos which
grace Ceylon temples were grown from
IL. Thousands OF years Of age are also
credited to the Dracena at orotava. 10
the chestnut tree on he Athua, the vir.
gins tree in Egypt. the cedars OF the
Libanus. the Californian Wellington.
ais. the eucalyptus of Tasmania, the
Baobahs of the Senegal and others
but these estimations are based on
mere probabilities, while the age OF
the 30 is established BY the most au
identical 6csuments that any man car
require.
To-Day the 30 Of Anuradhapura is nc
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
HAMMERS OF RAWHlDE.
Mallets and Mauls Are also Made of
the Same Material.


"The common idea of hammer, no
doubt" said a dealer in tools, would
be that it was an implement made to
pound with and having head Of iron
or steel. The pounding part of that
would certainly be all right, but not
all hammer heads are made Of metal.
There are some hammers, in fact,
with the head made of rawhide.
Where the head would be on an
ordinary hammer there is on the raw
hide hammer, set at right angles
across the end of the handle, short
section of iron pipe. The rawhide that
forms the hammer head is first cut
into an oblong strip which is then,
beginning at one end snugly rolled
up. The roll thus formed is put
through an iron pipe, being made long
enough so that it will project an inch
or more at either end. The ends of
the solid rawhide are trimmed off
fiat and true like the face of any
hammer, making this a two-faced
hammer.
1.-THE rawhide hammer is used for
various purposes, largely in place of
a mallet for instance, for pounding on
punches and on chisel handles. 1t is
used where pounding is to be done on
polished metal surfaces; it serves the
purpose without scratching the metal.
Rawhide hammers are made in vari-
Gus sizes.
"Then there is a rawhide implement
that is called a mallet, in which the
head is formed in the same manner
as the rawhide hammer head, but
| joined in the handle direct, without
being held there in a holder. The raw
hide mallet is also made in various
sizes. 1t is smaller and lighter
tool than the hammer.
Another rawhide pounding tool is
the rawhide maui, heavier than the
hammer and made in various sizes
The head of the rawhide maui is made
of disks of rawhide laid together In
sufficient thickness and held together
by iron caps top and bottom, through
which, as of course through the raw
hide as well, the maui handle passes
The block OF rawhide thus made IS
turned into the usual maui form
, Built up as it is of compacted layers
placed crosswise of the handle, the
, striking surface of the maui. as is the
case with the hammer and the mallei
in the manner in which they are
made. presents the rawhide in a mass
edgewise. The rawhide maui is used
) for example. by artificial flower max
! ers pounding all day long on dies
and punches cutting out flowers and
leaves.
/ These rawhide hammers and NAL
, let's and mauls cost about three times
; as much as corresponding wooden
| mallets would cost. They last about
' ten times as long. York, Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
SOUTHERN MoUNTAiNEERs.
The Part They Played in the War Be-
tween the Statees

II is odd to think that the southern
mountaineer was not discovered until
the outbreak of the civil war, although
he was nearly century old then, and
it is really startling to realize that
when one speaks of the southern
mountaineers he speaks of nearly
100000 people who live in eight
southern states between--and occupy
region equal In area to the combined
areas of Ohio and Pennsylvania, as
big. say, as the German empire, and
richer perhaps, in timber and mineral
deposits than any other region of SINH
lar extent in the world. This region
was and is an unknown land II has
been aptly called Appalachian Amer
lea and the work of discovery is yet
going on.
The American mountaineer was dis
covered, say, ut the beginning of the
war. when the confederate leaders
were counting on the presumption
that Mason and Dixon's line was the
dividing line between the north and
south, and formed, therefore, the
plan of marching an army from Wheel
ing to some point on the lakes and
thus Observing the north at one blow.
The plan seemed so feasible that it is
said to have materially aided the sale
of confederate bonds in England. but
when Captain Garrett, a West Point
graduate, started to carry it out he got
no farther than Harper's Ferry. When
he struck the mountains he struck
enemies who shot at his men from am.
bush,i cut down bridges before him,
carried the news of his march to the
federals, and Garrett himself fell with
bullet from a mountaineer's squirrel
rife at Harper's Ferry.-Scribner's
Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
judicial Decision on "Humph. !"

The meaning of the word ''humph'~
was the subject of judicial decision
in the Irish court of appeal on Monday
last. Four judges of the queens
bench vision, from which the appeal
was taken, were unable to come to a
unanimous decision as to the meaning
OF the word. Mr.. Justice Maddren and
Mr.. Justice Boyd held that "humph"-
as used by Sir Walter Scott and Miss
Austin in their novels was an express
sion of dissent, while the Lord Chief.
Justice and Mr.. Justice Burton in
clined to the conclusion that "humph''-
only meant dissatisfied condition OF
mind. The Court of Appeal has now
decided that the word is "an express
sion OF doubt or dissatisfaction" or,
as Lord Justice Walker put it, in the
words of the Century Dictionary" a..
"grunt of dissatisfaction. London
News.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
NEW ASPIRANT FOR FAME.
Congressman Jim Butler, of ST. Louis,
the Coming Leader.

Congressman Jim Butler, of ST. Louis,
the Coming Leader.
The latest representative of the
strenuous Dfe who is headed for a
place in the Hall of Fame is Congress
man-elect Jim Butler of St. Louis.
Out in Kansas City the other night
Butler was doing the town in company
with Champion Pugilist Jim Jeffries,
when there occurred one of those little
Misunderstanding which will come at
times even to gentlemen Of quality.
Pugilist Jim started for Congressman
Jim with the evident purpose of in
vestigating the condition of his solar
plexus, and cly of horror went up
from the Threats of the assembled
multitude of admirers of the two Jims
who had gathered about them. They
recognized the CLEAN in the Jeffries
eye as the same that had carried
terror, and defeat to the mighty Cor
bett; the swing of the great right arm
was ominous of sudden death. On
rushed the champion, and then -
When several hours later he was
restored to consciousness, Jeffries in
quired the particulars. Then he
learned that convenient beer glass
welded by st. Louis statesman was
responsible for his undoing. 1t had
put him to sleep.
There are fortunately more ways
than one of acquiring fame. Congress.
man Butler is marked man. So long
as he is in the house to be pointed
out by capital guides, there will be no
dearth of interest in the American
statesman. John Lentz and Jim-Ham
Lewis will not be missed; H. Clay
Sulzer can no longer hope to be the
object Of all the admiring glances
from the galleries.-Baltimore Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
Anecdotes of IngersolI.

Senators Morrill,, Voorhees, and Cor
man were conversing together outside
the senate chamber. Colonel Ingersoll
CHANGED to pass by. Mr.. VOORHEES,
greeted him and said, I'VE are dis.
cussing the meaning of improbable;
what is your definition of the word 90
Promptly Colonel Ingersoll replied:
1T is negro going in an opposite di-
rection from a brass band"
Colonel Ingersoll was a temperate
man, but not a teetotaler. One day
Mrs. James G.. Blaine was passing
through Fifteenth street, opposite the
treasury department, when out from
a liquid refreshment saloon came
Colonel Ingersoll and friend. MY
dear Colonel" said she, you would
not be seen coming out of such a
place. would your" MY dear madam. /"
replied he. would you expect me TO
stay there all the Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
Old AGE Pensions.

Several of the most prominent rail.
road corporations in this country /"
the New York Tribune points out.
have established, or are preparing TO
establish, pension systems which will
be OF inestmable benefit to faithful
and devoted employees who have cen
many years in service. This disposi.
ton to benevolence in arrangements
10 lessen the hardships of old age for
veteran workers is gaining ground in
every enlightened nation. The old.
fashioned custom OF merciless con.
Segment to destitution and the aims.
house Of the bent and broken who
have toiled diligently for unsympa,
thetic masters for scores of years
does not find so many admirers and
approvers as it did in earlier genera
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
GLAD TO MEET HIM.
The Dapper Youth and the Magnate of
Wall Street.

The Dapper Youth and the Magnate Of
Wall Street.
Here is the latest concerning a mar
of whom many stories have recently
been told:
A story is told of a call that was
made upon ]. Pierpont Morgan just
before he sailed for Europe. Just
after Mr.. Morgan had opened his
desk one morning, a young, we'll
groomed man walked straight into the
financier's Office as if he were accus.
toned to drop in every day. Maybe
he thought he'd better go in that way
lest he should not get in at all, Reach
ing the desk he said
Good morning, Mr.. Morgan, I'm Mr..
So and-so from Pittsburg. You don't
know me and never heard of me. Nav.
be. you'll never hear of me again. I
just dropped in to tell you that you've
made me a millionaire, and I'm much
obliged to you. Your steel company
bought some stock l owned. Good.
day, sir. Glad to have met YOU
Omaha Mercury.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
SisterlY Sympathy.

Gwendo1en-How late you are, dear!
What have you been doing all the
afternoon?
Maude-Helping the Grigsbys at.
their at home" and making myself
generally fascinating and agreeable.
Gwendolen-Poor thing! What e.
hard days work for you!
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
HOW SHE RODE.

Lightly she sprang on her prancing
steed
AS she went to ride.
The noble creature was on his feed,
She sent him of at his utmost speed,
And she rode
No feeble, rickety girl was she
Penelope Ann
The bloom on her cheek was good to
see.
The blood in her veins coursed mer-
rily,
She rode like a
Yet Mother Grundy was heard to say
Penelope rode
In a peccant and obnoxious way
The saddle she used when on that day
She her horse be.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
The Golden Opportunity.

81 suppose you will marry. though.
when the golden opportunity offers,
won't your"
1T will depend upon how much gold
there is in the opportunity"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

tons. The ruthless logic of the sur
vival of the fittest and the long agony
of the aged and feeble who are
trampled underfoot as unit are
tempered in these days by impulses II
compassion and good will"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04
A Miraculous Escape.

Mr.. Bear-(excitedly)-Why, my
dear. you're woundedl What hap
pened?
Mr.. Bear-Why. a darn near
sighted hunter mistook me for his
guide,-Puck.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-04

Mrs Brown-A woman should not
domineer over her husband.
Mrs. Jones-Oh. mol Marriage should.
be succession OF diplomatic triumphss
Puck.