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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03
BONFIRES FORBIDDEN.

The orders include the work Of the police after
the close of the polls this evening Careful in
structions are given as to the manner In which
the police shall act az messengers In carrying
the election returns from the polling places to
the police stations and from the stations 10 the
Central ONCE. The police never have been able
to prevent the boys Of the city from building
bonnres In the streets on Election night no mat
ter which side has won. but Chief Conlin has
given the usual orders TO the police TO enforce
the city ordinances and protect property. The
order as to bonflres is. in part. as follows:
As you have already been instructed care mus,
be taken TO prevent the making OF bonnrcs and
breaking down OF fences and billboard inr whsre
fires. and where II H. not possible 10 make ar
rest measures must be taken TO put out the nres
Oficers who will be on duty tomorrow at the
courts WILL as soon the courts close. repor; at
the Central Office and remain in reserve.
Chief Conlin announced yesterday hat he is
to be at the Central Office all day to-day. and
captains are to report for instructions whenever
there is an emergency requiring aid from other
precincts. In case any captain finds early in the
morning that he has not the required number OF
men to man the polls In the precinct. he must
call the Central Office at once and get men from
another precinct. In matters Of the enforce
ment Of the law the captains are TO act promp;-
w. The final word 10 the captains Is in this Ian
guage:
In addition the orders and communlca lions
you may receive and the Instructions you may
now or at any time prior to and during Election
Day receive from me, you VIII take such action
toward enforcing the laws and ordinances ana
preserving order at the polls etc, ETC. as the cir
cumstances and conditions In your precinct may
require You. being OF the grounds. WILL OF course
the better Judges as TO the requirements of any
emergencies that might arise. and WILL apart from
instructions received. act according to your judg
ment consistently with your duties az members
the law | shall hold commanding officers to a
very strict account for the manner in which they
perform their duties on Election Day All orders
received by you must be obeyed promptly and
without question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03
Dr.. Lyons
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY.
Used by people of re6nemen:
for over q quarter Of a century.

cessful conclusion the most imposing demons,ra"o
ever witnessed in our country: therefore, be II
Resolved. That the thanks Of the wholesale DI!
and oficcrs OF the club and to patriotic fellow
citizens above mentioned, who have contributed so
jovaily to its success
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03
4 NEWSPAPER ESTIMATE OF KENTUCKY.

Louisville. Nov. ?--rhe political editor Of The
Courtsr-Journal'' figures out McKinley's plurality
in Kentucky at 1000. based upon private figures OF
the Silver Democratic and Republican chairrhen
OF the eleven Congress Districts. t..t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03

A mans health carries him
through the world. lie de-
ponds on it for enjoyment, for
happiness, for success, for the
achievement Of anything he
has in hand. Americans take
big chances. They risk every
thing in business. They have
confidence in their brains and
their ability. The American
business man is active, hexi-
BILE, elastic. Knock him down
with failure and he is up again
in a minute. As long as he
keeps his health. failure
doesn't mean anything to him.
He has lost a little time, but
,nat is all. II he can keep his
health. he will 60 OH to sue
cess. He feels sure Of that,
and yet his health is the very
thing he neglects more than
anything else. His health Is
the rope by which he climbs to
success. It behooves him to
keep the rope In good coudi-
ton, and not to neglect broken
strands. When the rope Of
health breaks even a little bit,
it should be mended at once.
II il easier n been hAo1t1, than
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03
harper AND BROTHERS BIG MORTGAGE

Harper Bros. the publishers. hltd IN tae 80 ~
Of the County Clerk yesterday the eonsen. ~ 80
members Of the hrm-Horatio. Henry .. ans 80 ~
Harper-to mortgage the property Of sns.RNssSneoo
8.e10 900. bonds to be issued Tor tue "'"'
payable In January. 1887. ....,svA
Joseph Henry Harper q No go y as sGnysSiss q
the mortgage, but supposed It was mercy .ey A. me
necessary 70 complete the Confirmed lstss
company recently formed This was sor Harper I
Bros. THE articles were fled IN s icy The
mortgage is simply one OF the means Oh NV
ting the hrm.''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-03

.,d M wheat whatever The increase In the
American visible 200 bushels. was consicer1o"
less than expected. The pit trade was NOT 'a,s'
The feature was the scarcity of offerings IL iooA'.
as II there was some buying by Kent hea" a"~
other rich men, ba sed their election eApec's.
,,ops The Liverpool stock 1850 900 bushels. showed
a decrease for the month OF $4,000 bushels anu
was pronounced sufficient for only two weeks vT1 ,h
sumption. Local receipts were only 20 carr WIN
Corn made an advance of y cent and sio ssse
about the top May selling between az. ana "A
cars. with III Estimated for Tuesday; Oner ing
from the West however were very desiasdy s i.,
where to-day II is expected that lots VIII con-
tnue come in here under the Ola rates o ill
sn ssS "a falling off, Samples were i highsy
Gables were firm Seaboard clearances were - mi nil
bushels The speculative trade was light the s,b ps
Increased $4,000 bushels but the local stocks ae
900 bushels. business done some time ago .,,
Oats made about the same gains as corn, corr. 2, s.,s
May sold from N 10 81 sens w aS 81
for Tuesday. The bull helps were the same a. :.
corn the advance IN rates rom ne ,hs the eec.
Sn would result IN the sus q, The
stock increased $4,000 bushels. ,,,.
The provision market Jagged all the session n rs
90 was in spite Of Unexpectedly, oply II co.. esd.
ma ted for tomorrow. Prices at IN" yaruS ,rads
to 10 cents There was no Disposition sunday ~
lard and ribs at the same price as Saturuas =; ,hs
small hog receipts were supposed to oe cu nogs
indsposi,ion OF the country men to start VIII ~
to market over Election Day a rush Is ioons 'nnt.
Thursday and Friday. There was some aIS us r.ss
ment over the Liverpool stock of lard: 1900 terSes
On the curb puts" on December wheat s,r,oriinary
spread being due 10 the election unceI IN" a.
Puts" on May corn closed 1T 2sas CENTS e"'
30i2 to 3)'s cents.
CALIFORNIA WHEAT ARRIVES IN lNp'A.
Calcutta. Nov 1.-The arrival Of thousands ~
tons OF California wheat at this port mas ""o ~.
effect OF causing reduction In prices i" :. =.
parts of the districts affected by the famine IL /"
believed that a tcta! OF 5000 tons OF wheat no." ~ss
been purchased for Importation into lnda' ~"
Government Ia doing every thing possible ~ go
viate the distress. has employed 's.s" ~ fur.
on works which have been started In ordet rohs.
nish work for those who. without T. wop fsilure q
the crops are not felt so seriously now as tnss I'D.
be later The worst distress will be fe't III INC ''
die OF December.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21

in the Improvement of equipment. No
less than fifty mills in the past year
have thrown out the old machinery and
put in new There has been a tendency
from mere yarn making and making or
classes of bleached goods, as we'll as
manufacturing garments. At least ten
mills that heretofore only spun yarn
have gone into the manufacture of gar
ments. There was not bleachery in
the state three years ago. One mill is
making calico. the first mill to engage in
this branch in the state. Many mills
are entering upon the manufacture of
cordage, Irvine, ETC., showing a tendency
to diversity the industry that is crafty
ing.-Raleigh News and Observer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
EVERY HOME SHOULD GET IT.
New Catalogue Issued by John NJ.
Smyth Company Saves Money to

New Catalogue Issued by John NJ.
Smyth Company Saves Money to
Buyers
The catalogue issued by John NJ.
Smyth Company Of Chicago should be
in the home of every person who values
economical buying The book consists
of 422 pages, beautifully illustrated,
and is sent free on application.
No furniture house in the world
stands so high in public esteem as John
N. Smyth's. For thirty years 1t has
enjoSed the reputation for honest deal
ings and for the high quality Of goods
It handles. There is not State in the
Union to which it does not ship goods,
md the great West looks upon it as its
chief supplier.
To have furnished half million
homes Is a distinction few firms ENJOY,
vet this Is what John M. Smyth has
done In the new catalogue are accu-
rate illustrations and faithful descrip-
tons Of thousands Of different articles
used daily in the home and Office. From
1t person thousand miles from Chi
cago can furnish a house from cellar
to garrett just as well as by personal
visit to the store; Or a single article
may be ordered, such as carpet, sew
ing machine, dinner set, bicycle, stove,
lamp, curtain or any Of the many pieces
Indispensable to the home.
Such a book Is good thing to have,
and as it costs nothing 1t should be in
every house in our community. Appli-
cations should be addressed to John NJ.
Smyth Company, 150-168 w. MadiSon
Vtreet, Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
Remembered Them.

No professor is more kindly remem-
bered by the boys who graduated from
Wesleyan university a generation age
than Prof. Johnston. or "Uncle John
nie," as he was more Familiarity known
Besides having a profound scientific
mind far in advance of his time, he had
keen relish for a good joke, whether
on himself or another.
In order to aid the students of geology
in grasping the essential distinction be-
tween the various classes of rock, he re-
quested them to bring in specimens and
place them on his desk before the recita-
ton began.
One day student brought in a piece
of brick, secured from building being
erected near the college, and placed it on
the table among the other specimens.
"Uncle Johnnie" came in few moments
later, and, apparently unsuspecting the
hoax, began the recitation as usual by
picking up the specimens, one at time
naming them, and remarking their pecu-
iarities.
''This, gentlemen. is piece Of sand
stone; this is granite, while this, some
what similar in it's formation, is quartz.
And this taking up the last bit on the
table and gravely surveying the expect
ant class over the rim of his glasses, sis
a piece of impudence. Harper Maya
zine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
WORKING HOURS IN ONE TRADE.
Nine Hours a Day in Some Places and
Eight in Othe

Nine Hours a Day in Some Places ana
Eight in Others.
i A monthly periodical, the Carpenter,
which is the organ of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners, has printed
full list of the places in which the
''short working day is the rule in the
carpenters trade. AS many SIS seventy
cities and towns are put in the ''eight-
hour list and as many as 420 in the
"nine-hour list Among those in the
first-named list are New York, Brooklyn,
Buffalo, Boston, Washington, Chicago,
st. Louis, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Den
yer, Galveston, Cleveland, Kansas City,
mento, Santa Barbara and San Jose, be-
sides fifty other cities Of less rank. AS
many as twenty three of the seventy
eight-hour places are in the state OF IL
linois, eleven are in California, two are
in the New England states, three in the
Southern states, and all but a few of
the others in states west Of the Allie
ghanies. New York and Brooklyn, Buff
falo West Troy and fremont are the
places in New York in which the Broth
erhood of Carpenters make it rule
to work only eight hours day
Among the 42O places in which car
penters work nine hours a day there are
cinnati, Detroit, Jersey City, Philadel-
phia, Louisville, New Orleans, Newark,
Natchez, New Haven, Poughkeepsie,
Rochester, Richmond, Springfield, San
dusky, Utica. Trenton, Wilmington, Al
bany, Baltimore and Lowell, besides 400
others scattered all over the country.
In most of the thousands of unmen-
toned cities and towns in the United
States the brotherhood carpenters work
ten hours a day. Much less than one
half of the members of the trade in the
country are employed upon the nine-hour
or the eight-hour system.
The Carpenter does not furnish any
detailed information as to the wages paid
to carpenters in the different places at
which the hours Of the working day vary
in number. In general terms, however,
it declares that the pay is the highest
where the work day is the shortest
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
New Adulteranu OF Milk.

M. G. Deniges of Bordeaux having
obtained possession of three samples Of
yellow powder used by certain milk
men at Bordeaux to preserve their
milk, made a chemical analysis of it.
This analysis showed that two of the
powders were composed wholly of neu-
trail chromate of potash, that the third
was mixture of one part of bichromate,
and that the suspected milk had been
adulterated with the last substance in
the proportion of 0.30 GIN. to the liter
6 grains to the quartz. The alkaline
chromates are, in fact powerful anti
septics, capable, even in small quaint
ties, of retarding Tactic fermentation
very noticeably, if not of stopping it en-
tirely. But because of the pernicious
action of these salts on the organism
they ought to be completely excluded
from food substances, and particularly
from milk, of which many young chill
dren drink relatively large quantities.
Revue Scientifque.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
Result Of an Accident.

1.-THE small size Of the screw says q
noted shipbuilder, ''s not due to the per-
ception of any inventor of it's greater eff
feet as compared with a larger one, but
purely to accident When | first en-
gagged in the machinery business screws
for steamers were made as large as pos
sible, it being the theory that the greater
the diameter the higher the speed.
"A vessel was sent to sea with screw
so large that it was deemed best to cast
each blade in two parts, and then weld
them together. During storm all three
blades of the propeller broke at the weld
ing, reducing the diameter by more than
two-thirds. To the surprise of the cap
tain the vessel shot forward at speed
such as had never been attained before:
Engineers then experimental with small
propellers, and discovered that they were
much more effective than large ones.
Had it not been for that accident we
might have gone on using large-bladed
screws to the present day."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
A WhaIeback Currency

According to the Leicester Eng.) Mid
land Free Press, whalebone promises to
become one of the most valuable COM
modities of commerce, and before the
next. century is very old it may become
as highly priced as gold. 1t may then be
the means of settling for ever the mo-
nometallist and bimetallist controversies
by abolishing both, and making the SUBJ
stitution of a whalebone currency posi-
BILE, for there is no chance of an over
supply of that article, and it is quite evil
dent that it cannot be initiated. Numer-
Gus attempts have been made to simulate
it, but none have been successful. Not
very many years ago whalebone could be
purchased for 94O0 ton. At the end of
last season the price was $4,000. Today
it is about 9220O, and before Christmas
it may be higher still, for the Greenland
fishing this summer has not proved an
immense success. At this price an old
bingham, of which the whalebone ribs
were generally about half an inch square,
would prove very handsome legacy,
much more valuable than gold-mounted
but steel-ribbed umbrella of the present
day. A collection of the old articles
might form small fortune.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
DANGER IN RoENTGEN RAYS.
An Experiments Loses Five of His Fin
ger Nails.

An Experim enter Loses Five of His Fin
ger Nails.
A warning has been voiced by one Of
the leading English medical journals in
regard to the too frequent use Of the
Roentgen ray apparatus, says the Phila-
delphia Ledger.
1t is interesting, no doubt, to obtain a
series of photographs of ones own
skeleton, but if this is to be at the ex-
pense of such trihes as ones hair and
ones finger nails, it seems hardly worth
the cost. One electrical engineer, who
has often demonstrated the beauty of his
own finger bones by placing one of his
hands within the radius of the searching
rays, has lost all the nails from the
fingers of that hand, while Mr.. Sidney
Rowland, who is one of the leading
experimenters in this direction, men
tons several cases of similar charac-
in the hair, and so forth, of those who
have been frequently shadowgraphed by
this method. Thus in the case Of pa
tents whose heads have been subjected
to the influence of the rays, the hair has
either turned white or has fallen out en-
tirely. 1t is suggested that these re-
suits are due to the electrical potency Of
what are called the ultra violet rays of
the spectrum, though their precise action
is at present by no means thoroughly I'M
derstood,
One curious suggestion has already
been made. 1t is a well-known supersti-
ton, and one which has existed for gen.
erations, that people who sleep in the
direct rays of the moon have their rea-
son more or less seriously affected. Now
it is said that these ultra violet rays eK-
lar superstition may be founded upon
scientific fact.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
HOW THIMBELS ARE MADE.

A Brief but Clear Description of Their
Manufacture.
The thimble is a Dutch invention, and
the first one was made in 1854 by sill
versmith named Nicholas Van Benscho-
ten Originally it was called a 'thum-
belP because it was worn on the thumb.
In making thimbles the gold and silver
ingOts are rolled out into sheets OF the
desired thickness and cut by a stamp into
circular pieces of any required SIZE.
These circular pieces are bent into thlmble
shape by means of solid metal bar that
is of the same size as the inside OF the IN
tended thimble; this bar is moved by ma
chinery up and down in a bottOmless
mold of the outside of the same thimble,
and each time the bar descends it presses
one of the circular pieces or disks into
thimble shape.
When the thimble is shaped the next
work is to brighten polish and decorate
it. First, the blank thimble is fitted with
of sharp chisel cuts very thin shaving
from the end of the thimble, a second
chsel does the same on the side, and a
third neatly rounds off the rim. A round
steel rod, well Oiled is held against the
surface of the revolving thimble, and it is
thus given a nice polish; the inside is
frightened and polished in a similar man.
ner, the thimble being held in a revolv-
ing mold.
Then a delicate, revolving steel wheel,
with a raised, ornamental edge is pressed
against the blank thimble and prints the
ornament seen just outside the rim. An
other steel wheel covered with sharp
points makes tiny indentations all over
the remaining blank surface of the thin
ble
The last operation is to wash it thor
oughly in soapsuds, to brush it carefully,
and it is ready for my lady's work basket.
Philadelphia Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
Rn1. To s. Iln Wind.

Take a po.ls..,,. metal surface Of two
feet or more. and with a straight edge;
a large handsaw will answer the purpose.
Take windy day on which to make the
experiment. paying not attention to at
mospheric conditions, for such an ex-
pertinent can be as successfully made on
a clear day as it can on a cloudy one, and
the results will be equally good in sum-
mer or winter. The only thing you
need to look out for is that you do not
attempt to see the Wind on rainy or
murgy day, as conditions are then very
unfavorable. When everything is in
readiness hold the metallic surface at
right angles to the direction of the wind
i. e., if the wind is in the north, hold
the metal east and west, but instead Of
holding it vertical, incline it about forty
two degrees to the horizon. When this
has been done sight carefully along the
edge of a sharply defined object for some
moments and you will see the wind pour
ing over in graceful curves almost Like
water.-St. Louis Republic.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
Not Complimentary.

One Sunday as certain Scottish
minister was returning homewards, he
was accosted by an old woman, who
said:
'Oh, sir, we'll do / like the day when
you preach"
The minister was aware that he was
not very popular, and answered:
''My good woman, l am glad to hear
it. There are too few like you. And
why do you like it when I preach?'
"Oh, sir,'' she replied, "when you
preach, 1 always get good seatr-Tit-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
A Simple Test of Flour.

When flour is genuine, or of the best
squeezed by the hand, and shows the i'm
preston of the fingers, and even of the
marks of the skin. much longer than
when it is bad or adulterated;, and the
dough made with it is very gluey and
elastic, easy to be kneaded, and which
may be elongated, fattened and drawn
in every direction without breaking.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
Getting Rid of the Gas.

Torker Long "a bore)-'|I tell you, fell
lows, that tooth was terror! The den
fist says to me, he says: Now. Mr.. Long,
you've got lots of nerve, and can stand
pain as we'll as the next one, but you'll
have to inhale gas for this tooth!' And
1 took the gas! Yes, sir, after consider
able thought, I decided to take the gas,
and"
An Auditor-"Yes, old man, and now
you're getting rid of it, aren't you?"-
New York World.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Will cure the worst forms of female
complaints, all ovarian troubles, in
fiamnation and liberation, falling and
displacements of the womb, and conse-
quent spinal weakness, and is pecu-
Iarly adapted to the change of life.
Every time it will cure Backacfle.
1t has cured more cases of leucor-
rhoea by removing the cause, than any
remedy the world has ever known; it
is almost infallible in such cases. 1t
dissolves and expels trmors from the
uterus in an early stage of develop
ment, and checks any tendency to cam
cerous humors. Lydia e. Pinkham's
Liver Pills work in unison with the
Compound, and are a sure cure for
constipation and sick headache. Mrs.
Pinlxham's Sanative Wash is of great
value for local application.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
A Valuable Idea.

Lord Mashams income of 100000 per
annum is very largely due to the idea
of utilizing the waste of silk for the
manufacture of plush. He started this
industry on a large scale, and was soon
one of the biggest manufacturers of
plush in England
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21
North Carolina Cotton Mills.

In the August Bulletin, which will be
issued this week, the state board of agri-
culture publishes a complete list from
the latest information obtainable, of
the number of manufacturing enterprises
in the state The most notable feature
in cotton milling progress has been
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-09-21

in Russia, if man marries an heir
ess. he gets no chance of'possessing her
money. There is no marriage settle
ment; she controls her property through
out her life. This financial independence
of the wife has conduced greatly to hap
DIV maria geS.