Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-24
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is only two years old, yet it already
has more than 800 pupils. VI TINS
number many come from the turthesU
parts of Japan.
A Chicago undertaken proposes W
bring delinquent patrons to terms Oy
keeping a somber hearse with plumeS
standing at the doors of people VINO
don't pay him. In any other city this
would be called blackmail.
A part of Andres balloon is believed
to have been found, but the good-Dy
he waved to the crowd at Tromsoe
from his basket of his balloon VIII
probably always have to serve to Keep
alive the memory Of the daring pole
| seeker.
Great White Bear, the great-grand-
son of Tall Tree, once chief OF the
Crow Indians, will blow bugle for
Uncle Sam in the navy. Tired OF the
tame life which he endured for i've
years in the Carlisle Indian school, he
has enlisted on the receiving ship Min
neapolis as a musician.
A $4,000 house was sold in Philadel-
phia for Is cents, and the lucky pur-
chaser is Margaret c. Nolan, no Up
| land street, Chester. The house was
raffled off by St. Gabriers Catholic
church, Thirtieth and Read streets, at
25 cents ticket, and she was lucky.
Mr.. Newsubb Crying to engage
cook)-E-r, have you ever worked out
OF the city? Miss De Laney-Hov /?
Begorra, I'll bet yez a case note that
| there amt conductor on suburban
thrain runnin' out av this town that l
can't call by his furrst name!-Brook-
| Ign Life.
According to a bulletin issued by the
census bureau at Washington Satur-
day there are 226,205 acres of land
under irrigation in the state of Texas
The system includes 1875 miles of
canal and cost $5,191,S15. The widest
application of the system has been
made in connection with the rice in
dustry. The irrigated rice plantations
! number 557, with an acreage of 17O,-
800.
Rev. Henry Alike, pastor of a Bap-
fist church in Chester, Pa, firmly
believes that churches should adopt
all harmless means to attract adher-
ents, particularly the young people.
Acting on this conviction, he has with
his own hands built in the basement of
his church two Switchboard tables,
which are being well patronized by
young men of the place every evening.
He also has rugged up a punching bag
and even puts on the gloves" himself
occasionally, being rather a clever
boxer
Like other men of prominence. Ad-
mlral Dewey often comes across the
irrepressible party who always affects
to be on terms of intimacy with nota-
Die personages Courteous and genial.
the admiral has profound dislike for
this sort of nuisance Not long ago.
while out walking in WASHINGTON ne
was accosted by an ELUSIVE stranger
who grasped his hand and said:
George, I'll bet you don't know mo
The admiral looked his displeasure rs
he answered grimly, You win" and
walked on.
when the clever writer and carl
caturist, Max Beerbohm, succeeded
George Bernard Shaw as dramatic,
critic of the London Saturday Review
he was toll. by the manager that Shaw
was getting such and such pay. "Of
course, being comparatively inexperi-
enced, the manager added, you can
scarcely expect so much ooh YES
shall, rejoined Mr.. Beerbobm do
cisively; indeed, shall expect more.
You see," he explained, "as Shaw
knows the drama thoroughly. it was
perfectly easy for him to write about
1t. Whereas know nothing about il.
and it will be shockingly hard work,
The Carnegie institution has located
Its desert botanical laboratory on
the shoulder of a mountain two miles
west of Tucson, Ariz. The Tucson
chamber of commerce has given the
site, and will install water supply and
an electric plant for the laboratory
The object of the undertaking is to.
study the plants characteristic of arid
regions. The mountain on which tbe
laboratory is to stand and the adioin-
ing mesas possess a splendid repre-
sentation of these forms of vegeta-
ton. Proposed sites in Texas. New
Mexico, Arizona, California. Chihua-
hua and Sonora were examined before
the location was finally chosen.
}. T. Asher of Denver. Mo. had an
experience a few days ago which
would seem to prove that there are
other changeable climates besides that
OF Chicago. Mr.. Asher was WORKING
In his field one afternoon. 1t was ter
rlbly hot that day so on going home
to dinner he left his shoes behind And
returned to work barefooted. A severe
fallstorm came up and Mt Asher
allghted from his wagon the better IN
manage his team of startled horses.
As he stood there his feet were buried
In six inches of hail and were badly
frost-bitten. Farmer Asher allows
that change of over 80 in the shade
to a zero temperature, all inside of
some 90 Minutes comes paor r,,o-l-;,.