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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
TEN LITTLE KITTY CATS.

Ten little kitty cats all dressed up hne
One tore her pinafore. then there were
nine.
Nine little kitty cats eating from one
plate.
One got crowded out. then there were
eight.
Eight little kitty cats sat up till eleven
One fell fast asleep, and then there were
seven.
Seven little kitty cats playing funny
tricks,
One rolled out of sight. then there were
six.
Six little kitty cats. learning to dive,
One went down too deep. then there were
five.
Five little kitty cats playing on the shore
A big wave caught one, then there were
four
Four little kitty cats climbed up tree
One fell down again. then there were
three.
Three little kitty cats met a kangaroo.
One went home with him, then thers
were two.
Two little kitty cats sitting in the sun,
One ran in the house, then there was one
One little kitty cat went to buy bum
He never came back. and so there was
none.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
Shades of Human Hair.

Human hair is now the study of that
Lntiring criminal statistician, NJ. Bertil-
lon, who invented the science Of finger
prints. He is engaged in drawing up
complete, classified and gradu-
ated table of all the colors of the
human hair.
He has already received specimens
from many parts of the world, but
asks for more, and as many as peO-
pie like to send him.
A complete palette of the colors Of
human hair is, in his opinion, a long
felt want. When he has gathered to-
gether a complete collection of hair
from every part of the world, NJ. Ber-
tillon will classify them carefully &C
cording to a graduated scale of shades,
and then number each.
Thus, If he begins at one with
the darkest raven black, the highest
figure will be that Of the lightest fax
en- known.
When the scale is ready, and has
been communicated to the police all
over the world. the description of a
man who is wanted will mention, for
instance, hair from No. q to 80"
and the Scandinavian will know as
we'll as the Sicilian police what color
is meant
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
TWO AMUSING PARLOR GAMES
Pastlmes Which Have Been Carried
Out With Success and Are Some
times UproariousIy Funny.

Two parlor amusements which have
been carried out with great success
are as follows: Send person out of
the room, decide upon an object or
some simple performance, recall the
person and have a member of the par
ty place his fingers lightly upon per-
sons shoulder while he and all the 9TH
ers think intently OF the object or act
decided upon. says Home Herald. The
results sometimes are almost uncan-
ny. A lady went straight and drew a
scarfpin from a mans necktie. just as
he willed, found key hidden in a
lady's slipper. and so on.
The other trick is to draw upon a
sheet of paper a square. with dag
onal lines between the corners, the
only opportunity of the artist to watch
his own progress being mirror held
up before his hands by a second per-
son. A newspaper is made to screen
the sheet and the hand which is doing
the drawing. The results are some
times uproariously funny.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
Evils of Smoke.

Representing 10 OF the foremost
towns in Great Britain, a deputation
has submitted a memorial to John
Burns. in which is set forth a series
OF facts showing up the evils of
smoke. Among these are the indirect
results of smoky and foggy atmos4
phere, such as a temperamental de.
preston finding relief in drinking,
betting and other forms of vicious
excitement, and windows permanent
ly closed against permanent smuts.
Eighty per cent. Of the population
lives In this atmosphere of fog and
SCOT. These indirect results are not
imaginary scares. A weeks fog dur
ing a cold spell in Glasgow sent up
the death rate from 1876 to 1926 a
thousand. Only London and several
large towns have so far given the
matter serious consideration. In the
years 1903 and 1904 these seven pro-
vincial authorities instituted 2.18l
prosecutions for causing a smoke nui-
sance, while the other 102 leading
towns instituted 164 between them.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
ANIMALS WEEP FROM GRIEF
Horses Cry From Thirst, Mule From
Injured Foot and Other Beasts
From Pain or Annoyance.

Travellers through the Syrian desert
have seen horses weep from thirst. A
mule has been seen to cry from the
pain of an injured foot, and camels.
II is said, shed tears in streams. A
COW sold by it's mistress, who had
tended it from calfhood wept pitiful-
ly, says Harper's Weekly. A young
soko ape used to cry with vexation II
Livingstone didn't nurse 1t In his arms
when 1t asked him to. Wounded apes
have died crying, and apes have wept
over the young ones slain by hunters.
A chimpanzee trined to carry water
jugs broke one and cried, which
proved sorrow, though it wouldn't
mend the jug. Rats. discovering their
young drowned, have been moved to
tears of grief. A giraffe which a
huntsman's rife had injured, began
to cry when approached. Sea lions
often wep over the loss Of their young.
Gordon Cumming observed tears trick
ling down the face Of dying ele-
plant And even an orangoutang
when deprived of its mango was so
vexed that 1t took to weeping. There
Is little doubt, therefore, that animals
do cry from grief or weep from pain
or annoyance.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
WATERED MALAY RUBBER
Consul at Singapore Reports $4,000
Estate Sold to the Public for
100000.

In reporting to this government on
opportunities in Malaysia for rubber
growing enterprises. Consul General
James T. Dubois at Singapore, to show
how the investing public is sometimes
taken in in the exploitation of the
rubber industry there, cited the fol-
lowing:
AN estate was sold to promoters
for $150,000. The syndicate got an
old planter who knew the estate to
put fotation value on it. He named
$3.50, 200. The promoters were not sat
isfied Another expert examined and
reported. His price was $350,000. Brit
ish and American gold was pouring in
to the country and the get-rich-quick
spirit was born. Another expert was
called He was told of the former valu-
atoms and that they were unsatisfac-
tory He valued the estate at 100000.
Just at this time rubber took a big
jump in the London and New York
markets. and another expert was
asked to report, and he placed the flo
tation price at $750,000, and the syn
dictate, in order to have 1t in round
numbers, made it an even 100000 and
f1oated 1t at this price. People fought
for the stock, the share issue was over
subscribed and many of them immedi-
ately sold at good advance All this
was done within a few months with
out the slightest improvements on the
property except the natural growth of
the few hundred acres of Para plants
which had recently been planted"
Trained white supervisors on the
rubber estates are in demand, the con-
sui general reports, and there is a
scarcity of labor and consequent high
wages.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
An Eye on the Future.

A man with swollen finger that
had a deep abrasion under the ring
called at a New York jewelry store to
get the ring cut off. Before the oper-
alton was begun he said:
Can this ring be mended so
pawnbroker will give me the usual
amount on it?"
1T can be mended," said the jewell
err, but | doubt If you can ever per-
suade pawnbroker to accept 1t after
ward"
Then I guess I'll take chances on
my finger getting well with the ring
on" said the young man, and left the
store.
Incidents like that" said the jewel
err, SHOW what a surprisingly large
number OF New Workers live with the
pawnshop looming up just ahead of
them as an unavoidable evil. OF all
the people who needs their rings cut
off, two-thirds of them ask that very
question, and a large percentage of
them take chances on blood poisoning
rather than destroy the rings value as
a pawnable asset"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
Beware the Model,

The bachelor maid was giving an al
iresco luncheon to a few friends. At
its close she started to serve the
cheese, which she had placed informal
ly on the table in its original wrapper
of silvered paper. She picked dainti-
~ at the wrapper with the tines of
her fork and succeeded in unrolling
it, only TO discover TO her borrow that
the grocer had sold her no cheese. but,
instead, the small cylindrical block
of wood which had served on his coun-
ter for a sample.
"Oh, of course, he will make good, "
she said, when she had recovered. He
will be as much dismayed at losing
his sample as I am at having it, and
he will be glad to get it back We
are the victims. having no cheese. /
never knew there were such devices
as this. Hereafter I shall pinch cheese
before consent TO let Il be sent home
to me, lest at any time get another
sample"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
NO USE FOR SUSPENDERS
Shanghaites Wear Self-Adjusting
Trousers and Don't Need any
Supporting Carriers.

There is at least one country in the
world where there is no market for
suspenders or garters. Consul Gener-
al Wilder of Shanghai, in reply to in
quiries from enterprising American
manufacturers, has informed the state
department that suspenders do not
interest the natives of China because
the trousers of the natives are so
constructed as to render the use Of
suspenders unnecessary. Nor do the
natives need garters, because the
trousers when properly adjusted are
tied over the sock at the ankle with
a band of ribbon or cotton.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
Postal Deficit Cut $4,000, 900.

More than $1O.OOO,OOO reduction in
the postal deficit was made in the
first nine months of the fiscal year
lust ended. according to final returns
received by Postmaster General Hitch
cock from the auditor for the post
Office department Such a reduction
is UNPRECEDENTED in the history of the
department
The deficit for the nine months was
81. 70s, 900. as against s12,S32,000 in
the same period of the preceding fs-
cal year.
In the third quarter of the past
fiscal year, the quarter ending March
81. the postal service earned surplus
of 81, 363, 900, the revenue rOr the quar-
ter amounting to s5S, 1884, 900 and the
expenditures to s57 ,561.0O0 The lat
ter showed an increase of ten per
cent. over those Of the same quarter
last yeGr, while the former showed an
increase of less than four per cent
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
Did His Best.

The young politician was as oblig-
ing as possible. but there was a limit
to his possibilities. When the re.
Porter asked him what his wife would
wear at the mayors reception, he as
sumed a confidential air.
"Ill tell you just as much as l know
myself" he said. Last night she told
me she should wear white; this morn
ing at breakfast she said she'd decid-
ed on her rose-colored gown, and
when l said goodby to her she had
spread gray one beside the rose
colored on one chair, and her black
lace beside the white on another, and,
was taking something else out OF theI
closet. II her hair hadn't caught onI
a hook as she turned round, I might
have been able to tell you more."-
Youths Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26

ufacturers, many of them, operate
their own railroads at present. In
San Juan, the capital of the island,
which is on the north side. and Ponce,
the largest city on the south side of
the island, there are electric railways.
An effort is being made, said Mr..
Skinner, to increase the production of
coffee. Speaking of the attempt made
by number of the coffee growers to
have a duty placed upon coffee, when
the Payne tariff law was under dis
cussion, Mr.. Skinner said he did not
think the present output of the island
would have justified such a tariff.
New York alone could consume all
the coffee grown at present in Porto
Rico" said Mr.. Skinner. But the
coffee men are organizing, better
methods of cultivation will be adopt
ed and the area planted will be in
creased. Undoubtedly there is a big
future ahead of the industry in the
island"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
AMUSING GAME WITH V0WELS
Each Player Writes as Long Sentence
as Possible, Using Only Words
Containing Vowel Selected.

Now" said Charles, when every
body was gather around the table,
lets play the vowel game father told
us he used to play when he was
boy"
How do you play it?" asked every
one at once.
It's very easy" replied Charles,
partially among the family grounp,
says the Comrade. You take the
five regular vowels, a. e, l, o, u. and,
beginning with the first letter, each
player writes as long a sentence as he
can, using no vowel except "a in any
word, but repeating that letter as oft
en- as he wishes"
II don't quite understand" said
Cousin Lucy. Please give us an ex-
ample"
You'll have to give me few min
utes' grace, then" laughed Charlie,
taking his pencil and paper. Suppose
] take "a 30 He wrote industriously a
few minutes and then read the result
aloud:
All, madam, Frank Farms, a tall,
tasty, black man at Panama. has a
cat that can catch all bad ants and
bats at Nathans pantry and barn"
"Bravo!" cried uncles and aunts and
cousins, as Charlie finished reading
the queer sentence.
You see," continued Charles. you
may give the players five minutes, or
any time you agree on beforehand. to
make up the sentence. When the time
Is up the sentences are read and the
one having the longest sentence OF
good, plain, commonplace English has
gained the first point. You go this
way for each of the five vowels, and
when all the sentences are read and
compared, the person who has gained
the most points wins the game"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
He HAD TO PAY THE PRICE.
lnyaIid's Desire for WaterHs'o'
TO Wait Until Hans "So'
a Good One"

An officer in a Portland bank was
m last summer with malaria anu coh
,Aned n his bed at his country nome
The house is situated in Vlliase
brated as much for its lack VI coz
veniences as for the beauty on Ine
scenery thereabouts In fact, IL is al
most impossible to buy anything "
eat there. and the summer resioen's
send their provisions out from ING
city.
The invalid became possessed py
desire for a piece of Watermelon
which fruit could not be found at the
local stores. The only solution OF the
problem that appeared was TO SEM
Hans. the man of all work, to the city
for one, and he was called IN from 'he
garden and instructed to take the hrs'
train. buy a watermelon, and return
as speedily as possible.
AS Hans left, his mistress gave MN
the family railroad ticket and uoi'
lar with which to buy the melon
Melons were worth at that time about
rs to 80 cents, and his only lnstruc'
lions were to get a good one anu
hurry back" The trip, ordinarily,
would have taken two to three hours
and as it was forenoon, the Invalid
had visions of his thirst being satlateo
during the afternoon.
The o'clock train came In. but no
sign of Hans. Possible he had missed
it. The 4 o'clock train footed Its way
into and out of the village, but no
Hans appeared Five o'clock, O'CLOCK
$50. z o'clock; all came with the
same result. BY that time the invalid
had grown fretful and the mistress
worried for fear that Hans had falien
into the hands of the Philistines.
Finally, after the arrival Of the last
train, 10 o'clock at night, Hans shuf'
fling footsteps were heard on the
porch and he appeared with an enor'
nous watermelon in his arms.
Where in the world have you been,
Hans?" asked his mistress.
well, Mrs A." said Hans, I'm aw'
full tired und amt not had no dinner
und no supper. l found melons for
twenty cents und for tirty cents und
for feefty cents, but l wouldn't dake
dem. | shust keep on goin' until |
found Won for dollar. und dere 1t
is!"-Youth's Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
AIM IS TO PLEASE
OBLiGINGNESS is CHARACTERS
TIC OF LONDON sHoPKEEPERs.
Merchants Will Go to Any Length to
Please Customer-AlI Seems Like
Survival of Medieval
Times.

Obl1gingness seems to be character
lstic OF the London shopkeepers; they
will go TO any length to please a
customer. At a hatter's in Jermyn
street l tried one derby after another
bowler is the English designation
and then they offered to make one
for me to the measure of my head and
with suitable crown and brim. The
idea of having a derby hat made to
order was so novel as to be startling,
and would have been accepted were
1t not that | had knocked around in
straw hat until the Sth of October.
The shoemakers habitually make spe
clal lasts to the contour of each foot;
the tailors take no end of pains; aft.
er a haberdasher has made shirts to
measure he takes it for granted that
he is to make collars also to meas
ure that sit properly on the shirts
A young man at the jewelers. took
the trouble to carary a watch that
pleased me in his own pocket for
three weeks to test, its accuracy, and
then frankly told me that as it had
varied as much as 20 seconds a day,
he could not recommend it. To the
tobacconist | returned box of
cigars, saying that they were too
strong. He asked me to come in in
day or two, when he thought he
would have some cigars just to my
taste. | accepted the invitation, but
n ovrfT
ticed the same slight defect, and that
the label was that of the box returned;
the cigars, however, were mild and
agreeable. At the time of the next
purchase | was told that it was the
same box and the same cigars, but
they had been subjected to certain
aeration that affayed their high
flavor.
1t is easy to understand why Lon
don speaks of shops and shopkeepers
There are not many of the retail es.
Establishments which we designate as
stores, and the principal one of these
is a recent American enterprise
Many of the shops in which goods are
retailed have a depth of no more
than 20 or 80 feet, and the stocks are
not large. The shopkeeper makes what
the customer wants to order for him
from the manufacturer The furnish
er had but three suits of woolens Of
the required size, but telegraphed to
the mill in Scotland for the remain
der of the order. The stationer had
but one box of the desired typewriting
paper, but said that he would have
the two other boxes the next day. This
all seems to be a survival Of the
medieval period when artisans made
the things used in a community as
they were needed. In the United
States we began at a nearly day to
make things in large quantities by ma
chinery, and all over the country we
find articles Of all sorts ready made,
ready to use and ready to wear. In
many of the London shops no attempt
is made at attractive display, either
in the windows or on the counters.
This does not apply to the more pre-
tentious fronts in Regent street and
Bond street, but even here window
dressing is seldom done with the care
the produces such artistic results as
in the show windows Of the better es
adjustments in the United States.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
a Queer Ache.

One day Mary came to her mother
and said: Mother, my ear aches!
Does it ache very bad. Mary?"
asked her mother.
No"
Well. run out and play. then you
viii forget about it"
Mary went out. but pretty sooS she
came back and said: Mother. my
ear does ache. Ii is not the hole, bat
the rufie around it"-Delineator.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
a Remarkable Library.

A gentleman good many years ago
built fine house and wanted 10 have
a good library. and so this is the re-
narkable order he sent to book
buyer:
Il want six feet Of theology. same
quantity OF metaphysics and near S
yard Of old twill law in the folio"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
Swimming Glove.

strap. The cots are made of open
work material, so that they will have
a tendency TO grip and bind the fin
gers TO prevent the glove from slip
ping of. says Scientific American.
The outer edge OF the web is curved
downward. forming a concave or dish
ed surface, which will enable the
swimmer 10 secure a better grip on
the water.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
In STYLE.

In Style.
Church-"Where have you been?"
Gotham-"Shopping."
Shopping for what?"
"Chanticler hat"
Why, l didn't know you were mar.
ried"
I'm not"
What do you want chanticler hat
for, Them?
For my horse"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
GLOVE HELPS IN SWIMMING.
Device With Concave, or Dlshed Sur.
face. Enables Swimmer to Get
Better Grip on Water.

In order to increase the effective
area OF a swimmers hand. an inventor
has provided glove consisting of an
elastic web formed with cots or stalls
in which the fingers and thumb may
be inserted. The glove is also at
tached to the wrist by means Of a
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26

bilities are enOr-
nous. The CAPT
tai which is need
ed to develop the
resources of the
island is coming
into the country"
This statement
was made by, D.
A. Skinner, super
visor of the cen
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26

amusement of any children who may
be watching. but upon the goat re-
Stunning his normal position. the other
figure boldly springs up and faces Billy
again.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-08-26
PORTO RICO GROWS
FOURFOLD INCREASE SINCE
u. S. OCCUPATION IN 1898.
Great Development Since the United
States Took Professionalism
Now Has Over a Million
Inhabitants.

Porto Rico has a great future
ahead of her. Her agricultural posi-
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-01-10

w. P. Thompson of this city and
William Brown CT Alton. left today
noon for Oklahoma Cit. On business.
Dud Gillis and Doc Heney were ar
rested yesterday on a charge OF furn-
ishing liquor to Claude Moore. a
minor.
Mrs. Mrs G. 8. s White went TO Spring
dale, Ark, today. being called there
by the death Of her sister. Mrs. ]. NJ
Langston.
John Spalding. the well known i'm.
plement dealer, of Chelsea. was here
this morning. visiting his brother. NJ,
]. Spalding.
The recently organized typographi-
cal union in this city has received
it's charter from the International
Typographical Union.
Mr. and Mrs. John Powers Of Cape
Girardeau. Mo. are expected here this
week for a visit with Mrs. Powers
sister. Mrs. II. R. Warner
Argyle Langston. Of the Cherokee
National bank was called TO Spring
dale. Ark. this morning BY tele-
gram announcing the sudden death Of
his mother.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-01-10

Suppose the republicans were TO be
placed in charge of the state of Okla
homa, what law would tiiey enact that
would equal the Oklahoma state bank
guarantee law? what law would they
place upon the statute books that
would equal the two cent fare rate?
What law would they offer the people
that would give the satisfaction that
the Jim Crow law has? In the lang
uage of the old colored nanny,
Think on your mareies, chilIuns."
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-01-10

already laid down by the republican
press of the state will be the charge of
unwarranted high taxes this year. The
democratic party in Oklahoma can
easily defend its action in leying taxes
BY simply comparing the present rate
with Oklahoma taxes before state
hood. Oklahoma is a great state along
with being brand new. It is like
starting new life, many things have
to be bought before the family can
get to housekeeping. All over this
state in nearly every school district
can be seen a new school house with
modern equipment, the cost of which
is met by taxation, and this is trua
all along the line in every department
of government.