Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-05-22

Probably the first sprinkling carts
were those sent before the king
coach in England in 174s
1t is said that about 100000 in
habitants of the Philippines acknowl
edge Arabic as their sacred language
A German report shows that the
number OF cases of cancer has greatly
increased during the last decade.
| YES"
| Maude-I always like to see a dude
with the end of his cane in his mouth.
Clara-Why, pray? Maude-It keeps
him from talking-Chicago News.
| The great bugaboo of the London
Central railway seems to be fire. All
struction, steel and asbestos being
largely used.
An ingenious Frenchwoman, calling
herself scientist, in a lecture to a
Paris women's club attacked the
Darwinian theory and proved, to her
own satisfaction at least, a vegetable
origin OF man
work is believed to be a Newcomer
winding engine at Farme colliery,
Rutherglen, near Glasgow. 1t was
built in 1909, and has worked con-
tinuously to the present time
The discovery of an old Bible in a
barn loft in Huron county, Ia, will be
sufficient to establish the rights of the
l. 80, ri
Mr.. Case died in Cleveland in 1864,
and his millions have never been dis
| tributed.
Francisco Gorgia, so, New York
beggar, has stored a fortune in Rome,
having $4,000 in bank. Although
living in the greatest squalor he has
crossed the sea many times to place
his hoardings in safety This fact
was brought out by his arrest for
vagrancy.
A man advertises in Syracuse
paper for a job as general homework
servant. He is a widower, familiar
with all phases of housekeeping, and
says that he can pickle, wash and
iron. enact the parts of the cook and
waitress, mind the baby, dust and
take care of the furnace.
Rotterdam is building the biggest
excayated dock in the world. Its area
is $50 acres, with depth of water Of
IA feet, which will be dredged out
later to 20 feet The earth dug up
has been used to build the surround
ing quays and to raise the level OF
reighboring streets
The value of coal mined in Japan is
almost equal to that of all other
minerals combined. 1t varies from
the hardest anthracite to peat, but the
quality is usually inferior to that OF
American COAL Modern machinery
and methods have been introduced in
the operation of many mines.
Il suppose public man has to read
q great DEAL said the Thoughtful man.
YES" answered Senator Sorghum,
"the demand for anecdotes is so great
now that a man has to keep digging
in the library all the time in order to
keep up the supply of stories about
himself. "-Washington Star.
Gov.-Gen. Wood has taken radical
action for the protection of the public
roads in Cuba. 1t was shown that the
continued use of the state highways
row tires was destructive to the roads,
and entailed heavy expense for then
repair and maintenance To remedy
this the military governor has directed
that cart owners must obtain permits
to use the public roads, at the rate of
SO a month for each cart.
An exchange tells the following
story of Bridget and Pat They were
sitting in an armchair reading an
article on 1.-The law of compensation
Just fancy exclaimed Bridget, "ac-
cording to this, whin a man loses wan
iv is sinses another gifts more de
veloped. For instance. a blond mon
gifts more sinse av hearin' an touch,
an ''Shure, an it's quite thrue,
answered Pat DIVE noticed it me-
self. Whin a mon has wan leg
shorter than the other, begorra the
others longer"
Salt Lake City is about to lose one
VI It's 1uS OiQ
house where the children of bingham
Young were educated is to be torn
down to make room for some modern
structure. The schoolhouse was built
in 1860 and the pupils who attended
in the first FIVE years of its existence
were exclusively the children of the
Mormon prophet Later the children
of a few of the leading Mormons were
permitted to attend also. but practical
" the school was conducted for the
instruction of the little Youngs.
There We're about 25 of them in the
school