Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-22
eLEANINes AND GOSSIP.


The salary of the young Ring of
Spain is $75O,OOO year.
Eight Colorado women are serving
as town and city treasurers.
A Kansas poultry association figures
it out that Kansas ships abroad 2S,-
100000 eggs every year.
Mrs Harrison has given a portrait
of her husband, ex-President Harri-
son, to the Harrison school of Indian
apolis. II
The Roman Catholic bishops of
Canada are said to be opposed to the
order giving the papal delegate in
the United States jurisdiction over
the church in Canada.
81 sent postage stamp for a pam
phlet which was to tell me how to
succeed" What did it say?" 1T
said, Make better use of your postage
stamps" Chicago Record-Herald.
The value of boots and shoes i'm
ported into the Philippines during
1900 was $160,3O9 The value of the
imports by countries shows that the
United States only figured to the
amount of $7,S32. The two largest
importers were: Spain, $74,1S3; Ger
many, $50,241.
In no part of the world does the
business of growing chestnuts receive
so much attention and involve the out
lay of so much capital as in France.
These delicious and popular nuts are
shipped from France to all other
countries, the United States receiving
a goodly share.
David Glasgow Of South Bend, Ind,
a Grand Trunk flagman, died in trying
to rescue farmer and his team from
collision with passenger train. He
ran to stop the team. but the farmer
dashed him with his whip and in
springing back to escape the whip L
was struck by passing engine.
A dispatch from Alliance, o., STATE
that a messenger boy for the Post.
telegraph company in that city hi
invented an apparatus which carse-
attached to telegraph key and H.
act as caller. 1t works automatically.
and when placed against the instruy
ment will call another Office, signing
the call regularly.
Charles Blanchard of Logansport,
Ind, the man who read the first
proofs OF Uncle Toms Cabin has
been declared insane. Blanchard was
i'll last winter and his life was de-
SPARED of for months. His recovery
was looked forward to during the last
few weeks, but few days ago his
condition changed and he became vio-
lently insane
The Japanese government proposes
in future to construct it's own battle
ships and to manufacture its own ar
NOR plates. This decision is rather
disconcerting to the big shipbuilding
firms of Great Britain and the armor
plate manufacturers of Sheffield, since
some of the largest and most recent
additions to the Japanese fleet have
come from the English yards.
Passengers to Newfoundland by the
Allan liner Siberian dropped bottle
overheard on September 9, 1900, when
a day out from Newfoundland. The
bottle was picked up on February &c
at the north side of the island of
Three, Argyleshire, and it was dis
patched to St. Johns, in accordance
with a request contained in message
inside the bottle The bottle was
floating on the waves about IT, days.
and so must have travelled in the Gulf
stream almost in direct line about
10 miles day.-London Mail.
A member of the Sth infantry, writ
ing from Calamba, Luzon of the cap
ture of a mountain village and the
search for arms, says: Il found
roll of paper earefully wrapped and
tied. On seeing me unfold it the ma
tive woman made frantic gestures up
and down her front, which attracted,
the attention of the Macabebe, who
also came to see the result of the in
vestigation. Carefully unrolling what
| supposed to be valuable find, I
spread out nothing less than Butter
lex dress pattern. with lines running ).
up and down and every which way
across the paper. The absurdity of a
dress pattern in the hands of Fill
pino woman brought from me laugh
which caused the Maccabebe 20 fur
Their examine it. After gazing intent
ly at it for a moment he enlightened
me with the fact that this was an i'm
portant discovery, as it was an insur-
gent man of the island of Iuzonn