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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
FIREMEN ON WHEELS.

Inventor Arranges a Novel Machine
for Use in Fire Departments
An inventor of Racine has secured a
patent for new bicycle fire engine
which will be Of value at places where
there are good roads. The machine it.
self is very simple, yet it is complete
chemical engine. 1t is three-Wheeled
affair, but otherwise is built much on
the plan of the modern bicycle. The
seat and handle bars are arranged as
on an ordinary bicycle. Between the
two forward wheels, resting on the
axle, is thirty-two gallon aluminium
tank, in which is the chemically pre-
pared water for use at the fire. The
tank is galvanized and made rust
proof, and is covered with a heavy
brass jacket. The machine is fitted
with pneumatic tires and the frame is
made Of heavy bicycling tubing. At
the top of the tank there is pressure
gauge Fifty feet Of hose is carried,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
A MOUNTAIN OF IRON.
Enough Ore 20 Last the World a Thou
sand Years.

Enough Ore 60 Last the World Thou
sand Years.
We often hear of cities that are built
upon rocks, but Durango is the only one
| know of that has a foundation of iron,
says a Mexican correspondent Of the Chi
cago Record. Within the city limits rises
the famous iron mountain, a solid mass
Of metal. one mile long, three-quarters Of
Il mile wide and $40 feet high, that is
from go to 70 per cent. pure, and | am
told that 70 per cent. is the highest
chemical possibility. From the base of
this outcropping the deposit seems to
spread in all directions for a radius of
three or four miles, dipping deeper, as
it extends, UNTIL on the other side of
Durango, those who dig wells or sink
shaft Aor any purpose, reach it as they
reach bedrock elsewhere, solid stratum
of iron from 70 to 100 feet below the sur
face. It's extent never has been eX-
plored. 1t may reach for miles further,
but nobody knows it. There is enough
iron in sight in the mountain to supply
the whole republic of Mexico forever,
and it is declared that the entire deposit
would last the world 1000 years. How
ever, there is no such mass of metal in
existence anywhere else, and sooner or
later it will be surrounded by furnaces
and factories to utilize the remarkable
facilities it offers Imagine the entire
iron deposits of Pennsylvania massed in
a single mountain! Imagine all the ore
in the Lake Superior country piled upon
q dunn
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
An Indian Contortionist.

There is an Indian yoga entertaining
the people of London now who is said
to be worth crossing the sea to behold.
He is a Brahman, according to one of
his admirers and celebrants; one of
the old, old sect of cave worshipers,
whose ancestors were practically intel
ligent men in times when ours ran
wild in the woods and stained them
selves with wood. His elaborate con-
tortions take the shapes of flowers,
fruits, animals and even buildings, and
he is the master of no fewer than
eighty-four definite pastures, every one
of which would be a painful impossi-
bility to any ordinary contortionist.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
RICHARD PARKS BLAND.
Defeated for the Presidential Nomi-
nation, He Goes Back to Congress.

Defeated for the Presidential Nomi-
nation, He Goes Back to Congress.
Richard Parks Bland, of Missouri, is
perhaps congratulating himself now
that the eloquent Nebraskan snatched
the Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent from him at Chicago. It will be
remembered that up to the time Bryan
made his memorable convention speech,
Bland appeared to have the nomination
already in hand. Bryan's elOquence
turned the tide the other way. An eff
fort to make Bland the ice-pres1den-
tiaA nominee also failed. AfeW weeks
later his friends at home nominated
him for Congress and he was elected.
After an absence of two years Bland
therefore returns to the capital, where
for twenty years he was the most con-
spicuous advocate of free silver. He
is the author of many free silver bills,
notably that which was merged in the
Bland-Allison act of 1878. The silver
bill Of 1890, which passed the House
and led to the Sherman compromise,
also bore BANDS name. He has been
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
II WILL. CHARGE YOU EIGHT INTEREST MONTH

people sat in rented chairs in the
Champs watching the passers-by and
enjoying the beautiful day. The gen
tleman looked as if he might be pros
porous tradesman; the young woman
was beautifully dressed and very at
tractive in appearance.
When they rose to go away the gen
tleman found that he had no money.
The woman who owned the chairs
stormed and scolded, and denounced
them as swindlers, until, to pacify her,
the gentleman took the lady's parasol,
an exquisite affair of green silk, fringe,
and with q rosewood handle, and gave
it to her. He handed her one of the,
lady's yellow gloves also, and said:
/ "Keep the parsol as pledge of what
I owe you, and do not give it up to any
one unless he shows you the mate to
that glove"
Then he and the lady walked away
across the Place de la Revolution and
the Boulevard de la Madeleine. Sud-
denly rain began to fall. There were
no carriages passing. The couple hur-
ried into a doorway.
| Immediately the concierge OF the
house came out and invited them into
his office He gave them chairs, and
offered them, if they did not wish to
wait until the rain was over, tne loan
of his fine green-serge umbrella. The
gentleman accepted these attentions
gratefully, and he and the lady made
their way through the rain under the
borrowed umbrella.
An hour later a footman in livery re-
turned to the good-natured concierge
his umbrella, with q gift of several
bank-notes and the compliments of the
Due de Berri, nephew Of the king.
Then going to the Champs Elysees,
the footman sought out the ungracious
renters of chairs, and, displaying yell
low glove, said; "You recognize this
glove, madame? Here are eight sous,
sent you by the Due de Berri to redeem
the Princess Caroline's parasol."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
SWALLOWS GIVE WARNING.
Known to Desert Towns When Cholera is
Approaching.

Known to Desert Towns When Cholera is
Approaching.
Respecting the utility of swallows as
messengers of intelligence could we but
understand their language and their
sgns-to which reference was made in
an article in the London Telegraph re-
Gently, j. w. whitley writes:
On this point | can give the expert
ence of an English gentleman who
served under Said Pasha in Egypt. He
observed that whole colony of swal-
lows had suddenly left the town in which
he lived, and noted the fact to a friend
who had been located there some. years.
Yes said the latter, we shall have
cholera break out in less than a week.
Twice before have [ seen the same
thing And so it did on this occasion.
Nor did the little winged messengers re-
turn until clean bill of health was APP
parent.
''The pestilential atmosphere must
have been scented or tasted by the swal-
low, who lives in the air.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
White Skies.

An astronomer says that the sky is
whittier over the cultivated than over
the uncultivated portions of the earths
surface, because a good deal of coarse
dust is present in the atmosphere in
the former instance, with the result
that larger proportion Of white light
is diffuSed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
GOING TO a FIRE FL i

the hose being wound around the tank.
When ready for use the engine ma
chine, without the rider, weighs 225
pounds Several tandem bicycle en-
gines are now being built on the same
lines. Each machine is equipped with
lanterns, fire axes, crow bars and pike
poles.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Nipper-So poor old Soaksby is gone?
Proprietor Blue Light Saloon-Yes, he's
gone, but not forgotten. For more'n
a year I've given him a free drink
every mornin', and now he's left will
bequeathin' his mornin' drink to his
brother.-Covingto Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

'What are those golf-sticks for"
asked the manager of the small theat-
rical venture That's little idea Of
my own. We can use 'em when were
walking home and make believe that
we're just out enjoying ourselves. =
Washington Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Story of a Parasol.

In the history Of the umbrella is told
a story of a beautiful fringed green
silk parasol of the time of the French
RestOrat ton.
One summer afternoon more than
seventy years ago two pleasant-looking
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

We never doubt the sincerity Of a
woman's religion after We have seen
her at church with old clothes on.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

She-John, will you get up and light
the fire? He-Maria, don't keep max
inc incendiary speeches.-Puck.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
A Record-BreaK1ng Machine.

President L. S. Woodbury. of the Great
Falls Iron works has in contemplation
the construction of what he chooses to
term horsecycle, whereby a horse can
propeI a four-wbeeled vehicle on ordi-
nary ground at the rate of one mile in
fifty-nine seconds. The proposed ma
chine can be made in two forms, either
one of which Mr. Woodbury. thinks will
ill the bill.
The first is in the form of an ordinary
buggy. Instead of being hitched ahead.
the horse will occupy position between
the four wheels and operate a sort OF
treadmill. Should the velocity be. SO
great as to attract too much air, then
it is proposed to inclose the entire ma
chine-horse, rider and all-in a whale
back or torpedo-cut shell, the propelling
operation to remain the same. The seat
of the rider will be directly behind or
above the horse. President Woodbury.
is so confident of success that he is will
ing to back his bonds against silver that
n mile can be made in fifty-nine seconds
OF better. The machine viii be q novel
one, and if it should prove a success,
will undoubtedly be world-breaker in
records for fast travelling. Falls
(AIont.) Leader.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
ATTORNEYS LARGE FEES.
A Few Centuries Ago They Were Much
More Modest.

4 London PAPER states that, exclusive
of costs, the fees and refreshe:s in the
recent cause celebre of I<itson VS.. Play
fair for damages in SANDER, amounted on
both sides to $4,000. What chasm lies
between those fees and the $3.50, which
were the aggregate of all the counsel
fees in the great trial Q6SS) of the sew
en- bishops of England; or between the
now and the then" of 1476, when
an entry was made, still visible in the
records of ST. Margaret's church, West
minister, over which the venerable Arch
bishop Farrar now presides, of a pay
ment made by the vestry to a barrister
with the odd name of Roger Fylpott,
of his charges, 3 shillings and s pence,
with pence for his dinner. The which
is narrated in Johnson's Life of Coke"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Most women talk faster than they
think.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02

of his republican associates insist that
he is no longer fighting within the
party lines.
This does not signify that Senator
Teller can find what he wants in the
democratic ticket to be made at Chi
cago. That depends. The administra-
ton ring intends, IL IL can. to run the
Chicago convention; cabinet members
are announcing the kind of money
plank that will be adopted there. In
most of the southern states administra-
ton influences are hard at work thus
early, with a determination to crowd
the convention with delegates whose
utterances the Cleveland coterie can
dictate. AS things look now, Senator
Teller. realizing that silver is hopeless
cause at st. Louis. must wait until the
country ascertains what the split at
Chicago is likely to amount to.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02
THAT OPERA HOUSE

Year after year owing 10 the courte-
Gus attention of John Mcguire Ana
conda has been singularly favored in
the way of theatrical attractions that
have visited the city. No town in the
Northwest has Jared better; EXCEPT
Butte. no town I'm this region has Jared
half as we'll During several years
Anaconda has had an opportunity to
attend three frst-cIass theatrical per-
formances. where Helena. for instance.
has had one. In Great Falls is one Of
the handsomest opera houses in the
West II happens. however, that the
city Of Great Falls is a little out OF the
line for most OF the attractions THAI
make the trip to the coast Billings
has an attractive new opera house.
Bozeman is favored i'm this respect
The opera house at Philipsburg is a
pleasant one. But Anaconda is back
ward This city is visited 10y nearly all
the attractions billed Tor Butte. yet
there is not a city in the state where
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02
MOON VOYAGE.

Float up. oh moon, from the hills and
trees.
Sail out on the wide sky-sea;
For never an island of cloud is near.
And the little star fishes lie deep and
clear
As they CULVER and walt for thee.
Sail on and on in the slow, sweet breeze.
Stem the current of Milky Way;
While far, far down through the waves
of night.
The moonlight earth, like shell OF
white
Lies. dropped by the passing day.
MARY Mcneil Scott in the Lotus.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02
IA. J. Cornell Co.,
BUTTE, MONTANA.

a condition of affairs has not been known
In very many years. There are 5o,oOO,ooo
feet of logs in the Penobscot numbering
district which cannot be moved because
of the absence Of snow, and fully as
much more in other districts, as well as
SC. 900 cords of hemlock bark for tanning.
and all the lumber and milling industries
are suffering severely. The unique ex-
perience of putting wheels on sleds has
been tried in some districts. Every pre-
vious winter when ice has been cut 1t
has been hauled to the houses on sleds
This year there is no snow, and the Ice
has been cut and wheeled away. The
farmers say now that the absence OF the
warm blanket of snow means short crops
next wear.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02
,h,c.ro,. wonderfuI Growth.

In the seventeenth century the present
site OF Chicago was a swamp. which fur
traders and missionaries found fatally
mIasmatic. About 1890 a government en-
gineer. viewing that rank morass ira
yersed by a sluggish stream, pronounced
Il the only spot on Lake Michigan where
n city could not be built. In 1904 Fort
Dearborn was erected here to counteract
British influence. In 1872 the fort was
demolished by Indians. but in 1916 re-
built. and II continued, standing till lsh.
Around the little fort I'm 1910 were settled
800 people. The number was soWO IN
iSsO. 100 600 i'm 1850: 10000 in 1870. In 1870
the community embraced 503.lS5 souls; in
iSaO A. had l.099. $50 In 1853 the indomita-
HE civ illustrated her spirit by pulling
herself bodily out OF her natal swamp
iifting churches. blocks and houses from
eight to ten feet. without pause IN gen
eral business.-From "A History OF the
Tart Ouarter-Century in the United
states" by Pres. r. BENJAMIN Andrews,
i'm the March Scribner's.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1896.
THEIR NOISY SUNDAY.

In old Barcelona excited crowds as
sembled yesterday and red-hot oratory
inflamed the multitude. The United
States consulate was made the object
of assault, but IL appears that the
police authorities attacked the mob and
drove IL from the place. The incident
will not greatly disturb :he American
people; the Barcelona mob was made
up of elements from which Madrid has
more TO fear than Washington. There
is not along the line of the Mediterra-
mean a more attractive town than Bar
celona, with its pleasure-loving people,
its gay social life. it's venerable univer-
sity and it's picturesque surroundings.
With the rest, Barcelona has its share
of the turbulent element which is a
feature in most large seaports. yet one
would sooner have anticipated news of
turbulence in Madrid than there. Yes
terday's uproar is of account simply be-
cause, at a moment which will be
deemed critical in Spain. the govern
ment will be obliged to make excuses
to this country's department of state,
and this will doubtless prove to be en-
barrassing to the court at Madrid.
The cable messages say that the SEN
ate resolution in regard to Cuba had "a
mixed reception" in England. How
ever, the report is that in London the
current runs rather strong in favor Of
independence for the island, and II
appears that in many significant quar-
tiers in the city the approval OF the ac-
ton taken in the senate of the United
States was without reservation.
From Madrid. however. come mutter-
ings. The Spaniards object to any in
reference on the part Of this country
in the affairs of Cuba, but they are
particularly offended at the remarks
made by some of the senators who
took part n last weeks debate. That
is not 20 be wondered at; some OF the
talk incident 10 the debate was in
tensely harsh-the advantage enjoyed
by the senators who spoke bitterly is
that their criticisms are true. and no
Spaniard can prove TO the contrary.
The Spanish court would not wish TO
have recited the story Of inhumanities
that were the conspicuous feature in
the former ten-year rebellion. nor can
Madrid defend before this country or
Europe the proposition that General
weyler's record makes him out any
thing better than a savage.
Assuming that the resolutions that
prevailed in the senate reach compile
ton. il will be for the Spaniards TO say
what they propose to do about II. Some
of the senators regard the adoption Of
the resolutions as the preliminary step
toward war. Yet all that really is i'm
piled is the recognition of belligerent
rights in the Cubans. with a suggestion
OF this country's friendly Offices in
bringing the revolution TO a satisfac-
tory termination. All the conditions
thus involved may easily be met with
out improper interference on the part
OF this country. without war and with
out humiliation for Spain.
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HE SAYS 1T AGAIN.

Senator Teiler's opportunities to vote
for a president Of his way Of thinking
are rapidly narrowing down. One Of
this mornings dispatches quotes the
senator as saying that under no cir
cumstances will he support a gold man
or vote for a party whose platform con-
tains a gold plank.
The Colororado senator is not in
doubt as to the goldbug propensity OF
all of the men who are mentioned now
in connection with the ST. Louis nom
ination. He knows all about Reed.
Morton. Allison, Quay. Mckinley and
the others-he suspects none OF them Of
a sentiment OF friendliness for silver.
We suppose that Mr.. Teller is ready 10
give IL up right now as far as the re-
publican candidate is concerned: most
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02
WITH THE WITS.

IT acknowledge I lose my temper when
you make things too hot for me-" said
the red-haired man to his wife, but that
only shows ! am made of good material"
Chicago Tribune.
First Reporter tried to interview a
milkman yesterday. Second reporter
What did he talk about? First reporter
Nothing. He refused to be pumped.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The heroine tore her hair. 20, that
should come to this" she moaned. We'll.
you didn't have to pay TO come" Kissed
the villain, with a meaning glance In the
direction of the audience.-Detroit Trib-
une.
Yes" said one theatrical manager.
that artists salary is $500 week" In
deed!" replied the other. do you mind
telling me how much she gets?"-Wash-
ington Star.
Witherby Ito ticket seller)-Say, that
woman ahead of me has such a big hat
that can't see the play. Won't you give
me another seat? Ticket seller-Why
don't you ask her to take 1t off? Wither-
by-Not much! She's my wife.-Truth.
why does she wear that disfiguring
veil?' "Disfguring? My dear boy, you
should see her without t."--Indianapolis
Journal.
What is a good way to attract atten-
tion?" zone of the best ways i know is
to leave the front door of a street car
open on a chilly day."-Detroit Free
Press.
Old Bachelor very near-sighted)-
Where's your husband? Charming widow
(twin sister of the other lady)-I'm sure ]
don't know.-Harlem Life.
Mrs. Gummey with deep curiosity)-Oh.
Mrs. Chambers. do tell me about Mrs.
Tenspot's scandal, won't you? Mrs. Clan
ders-My dear, it is not nearly so dread
full as you hope.-Judge.
They were seated in the parlor convers-
ing on the uncertainty of life. She-The
future is a vast, unfathomable mystery
to us, isn't it? He-Yes, all we know
is that we have to go some time. Voice
from the library-It would suit the con-
venience of this household If you'd make
il a little sooner than that.-Richmond
Dispatch.
The reporter had obtained from the sor
of the deceased detailed information rela-
tive to the funeral and had only to in
quire about the interment to make his
story complete. Hence his question
And what disposition is to be made OF
the remains?" oh" was the reply, "ev.
erything but few hundred dollars goes
to his second wife. boston Transcript.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-02
WINTER ROSES.

The roses on her hat are false as art
And only art can make them;
Those at her throat will fade and fall
apart
As soon as chill winds shake them.
But ten small buds she carries In her
num-
Sweet as all June's together,
That through life's length 'twould be de-
light enough
To shield from cruel weather.
With dollhouse wares she's prodigal. in
deed.
But-thati for all my ruses-
To give me them, though earnestly L
plead.
She steadfastly refuses.
Judge.
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the accommodations for visiting COM
panies are inferior to those which
Anaconda offers.
In its day Evans opera house was up
to the needs of this city: that was when
Anaconda was young and small and
not so certain as IL now is OF its
future. Indeed. plain and unsuitable as
when IL was new. was quite ahead of
the city-those were primitive times,
although they were not so very long
ago. Citizens as well as the theatrical
people suited themselves good-natured-
ly to the surroundings OF an awkward
young village, and the business itself
was profitable for those who came this
way.
But all the conditions have changed
1t is a fact within the Standards
knowledge that a large majority of the
best attractions that have been billed
sons have played to losing houses here.
The facilities needed for a meritorious
performance are lacking. Realizing
this. the patronage has ceased to be up
to the paying point Yesterday the
Standard printed a letter addressed to
Mr.. Mcguire by his booking agents,
who announce the refusal of several of
the leading companies to appear again
in Anaconda under the existing condi-
tions.
This is a question which the citizens
of Anaconda will take up without delay
If they care to enjoy the favor. in point
of visiting attractions. which has been
conspicuously theirs in the past. A
movement in favor of an opera house
must start with the business men of
the city who have public spirit and who
feel disposed to interest themselves in
the things that help to make the city
progressive An opera house which
would be creditable to the city is a
matter of public concern; the public
should show personal interest in it,.
The Standard has heard talk about an
opera house season after season. We
remember that scores of our townsmen
have spoken in emphatic words about
the needs of the city in this respect.
We are hoping to hear that these gen.
tlemen are prepared to lead off in a
movement for an opera house worthy
OF this city.