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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25


engineer, or anybody else who was not
at once philosopher and master of
physics. would be lost in the maze of
tubes and valves that enter into it's
construction. The glass cylinder that
hangs over the chair is the first thing
to attract attention, for it is there that
the eXperimenter and the subject get
together. The left arm of the subject
is barred we'll up to the shoulder A
rigid rubber clasp that fits about the
upper arm is connected by couple of
light rods to another smaller clasp that
fits about the wrist. The arm is coated
with Vaseline for it is to remain in
water for an hour or more, and a pOr-
ton of it is covered with a thin rubber
band. The fingers are encased in a
glove and rubber band that passes
between the thumb and the index finger
completes the provision for holding the
limb practically rigid. The arm is
thrust up to the elbow into the cylinder,
and by an elaborate combination OF
clamps and bandages is fixed there,
and the end Of the cylinder hermetical-
ly sealed about the arm with rubber
connections that do not unduly COM
press the limb but make a perfectly
tight joint. The proposition is to deter
mine the flow of blood under certain
conditions by the increase or diminui-
ton of the volume of the arm. The
subject is placed III the easiest possible
position while the experiment is going
on, for a strained position, or an effort
to ease the arm, would result in blood
flow, and the volume Of the arm would
change without the volition subject be-
ing able to help it. 1t was this difficult
ty that stod in the path of the Euro
pean scientists who endeayored to get
the results that Dr. Shields has got.
The subject is permitted to remain
quiet for some ten or fifteen minutes,
AID his mind reduced to passive
state by the usual methods, such as lis
tening to and counting the ticking of
clock. His condition is just removed
from that Of sleep, and that is all. He
has even been allowed to go to sleep.
and the workings of the mind observed
then.
The arm being in position. quantity
of water that has been determined to
nicely is allowed to flow into the cyl
inder, and the air is permitted to es-
cape. so that there shall be no undue
pressure on the limb. A small disk
that is followed out and piece of rub
Der placed over the hollow, is placed
IL
this is connected with the automatic
register by a rubber tube and registers
the variat tons in the respirations of the
subject The means by which the con-
nection between the cylinder in which
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
A Mans Nfodiste's Wisdom.

A man modiste has at last supplied the
bit of wisdom which seems to have been
impossible for women to arrive at I'M
aided. Women who are not able to have
a separate gown for every conceivable oc-
casion usually make a desperate failure
in attempting to make half dozen gowns
fit fifty occasions. The art of adaptation
is not theirs. Here, however, are the
man dressmaker has advanced: Buy
only what you need. Make every gar
ment serve n definite end Do not try
to make tailor-made gown do for small
dinners, with the addition of a silk waist.
Have no hybrid dresses. Let them stand
for what they are. Have as few as
you can at time and wear each
well out. Do not save your clothes. Get
the use of them while they are in style.
Buy fewer things. but have them good.
Eschew the meretricious cheap! All of
which is very practical and true and quite
sure not to be followed in the slightest
degree by nine-tenths of the women who
rauH If
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
COLLECTING PLATES.
Prevailing Craze for Accommodating
Tableware.

Prevailing Craze for Accommodating
Tableware.
When dinner is served throughout on
plates of eye-wearying sameness in APP
pearance the effect is not conducive to
enjoyment in these days when nerves are
so easily upset. Therefore, perhaps, the
prevailing craze for collecting pieces Of
tableware of distinctly differing general
style. Only short time ago the special
bric-a-brac was for pug dogs in bisQue,
and later came the teapot craze, one
enthusiast having a roomful Of them,
on brackets, tables and, perhaps, chairs.
Since the teapot craze, which, however,
only wanes and never quite dies out,
comes the plate craze and now every
woman is vying with every other woman
in the number and variety of makes"
more daft about them than the small
boy over the tart posters he is collect
ing. Everything is by comparison, of
course, even in plates, and the woman
of very modest aspirations looks upon a
set Of Haviland plates as her ceramic
ideal. while for the wealthy there are
the Grown Derby at $500 a dozen and
the awfully rich woman falls into an
ecstacy over those in Sevres at 500
apiece But for the average shopper,
with the average purse, there are many
beautiful sets of plates that do not cost
many dollars. and there is always use
for them Ill the elaborate table service
of today.
The square plates of Haviland are
very odd and pretty, and the Dresden
on4s, with irregular scallops, are especial
Nv artistic There are such beautifully
decorated fancy plates, too, to be had for
every possible need and which every
well-regulated table thinks it must have
the cake plates. bread plates. cheese
plates and many others. The pale. colors
have been the vogue long enough now
to reawaken the taste for gayer hues,
and the decoration of some of the new
plates is not only brilliant but gorgeous.
At heart most women have liking for
those primal colors which the dainty
empire standard pronounced barbaric,
and when one turns from the plates of
Doulton, Derby and Worcester to those
of India, China and Japan, it. makes one
think of the blind mans saying that he
thought crimson must be like the blast of
n bugIe. The plate fad is certainly
more sensible than the teapot craze and
infinitely more useful than the pug dog.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
SOLDIERS ON WHEELS.
Can Cover Great Distances Quickly
and Carry Full Supplies.

and Carry Full Supplies.
In the month Of September last the
people of Helena, the capital of Mon
tana, were surprised to see riding
through their streets a party of eight
colored soldiers and a white officer of
the United States army, all mounted
on bicycles. They were weather-beat-
hills and plains; and they carried a
great weight of rations, blankets, tents,
cooking utensils and extra tires and
parts of bicycles, besides rifles and
thirty rounds Of ammunition to every
man.
These Wheelmen We're q detachment
of the Twenty fifth Regiment of Unit
ed States Infantry. They had come on
their WHEELS from Fort Missoula, by
way of Fort Yellowstone and the Ma
tional Park. having covered altogether
a distance of eleven hundred miles in
twenty-five days. In the meantime
they had made and broken camp in
the rain, ridden through mud, sand,
dust and water, and over rocks. ruts
and stones. They had crossed noun
tain ranges and forded streams-in
fact, they had stopped for nothing.
Much of the distance had been rough
riding in every sense of the word.
The journey was really made to test
the question whether the bicycle is suit
able for such military purposes as it
would have to serve if used in Western
campaigns. It was not a test of rapid
ity, but of Inability.
The eight soldiers carried everything
necessary to an actual campaign III
an enemy's country. Baggage, arms,
ammunition, rations, blankets, tents
and spare apparatus made, in fact,
such load as ordinary bicyclists
would think it impossible to carry over
good roads But these men were COM
mon soldiers, and in no sense experts
OH the wheel.
No such test of the bicycle has prob
ably been made before. The military
tests of the wheel in Europe have in
volved no riding over SO rough and
mountainous a country to such dis
lance.
The machines and the men stood the
work we'll. No man and no wheel broke
down, though to the wheels GER
tain amount of repair was, OF course,
necessary. Lieutenant Moss, who COM
manded the expedition, regards it as
entirely success, and as demonstrate
ing the utility of the bicycle for actual
military purposes. He believes that
soon every regiment in the army will
have its bicycle corps.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
HE MIXED THE LETTERS.
Love to His Boss and a Request for
Raise to His Girl,

Love to His Boss and a Request for
Raise to His Girl,
A certain young man who works for
a big st. Louis corporation has a pen
chant for ladies that is so pronounced
as to verge on mania. Every new girl
he meets he proceeds to fall desperately
in love with and invariably begins OPP
erations by writing her letter.
The funny part of this letter writing
proclivity that he has lies in the fact
that he cannot write letter himself,
but depends on literary friend in the
same office, whose vocabulary is wide
and whose pen is facile.
Last week he found new love. This
one was Incompatible superb-the
loyeliest and most engaging creature on
earth. He met her at social function,
waltzed with her, and his enslayement
was complete. SO eager was he to
write her a letter that he hurried to
the office two hours early next morning
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25

which have had success. His stories
are pure, and SAVIOR but little Of the
French laxity that has kept SO much Of
that literature from translation into
English. Theuriet's best-known novels
are "Girard's Marriage" and Ray
monde and Aunt Amelia both Of
which have been rendered into English.
His attempts at play writing have not
been especially successful. One OF his
two plays was produced at the Odeon
and the other at the Francois. He is a
member of the Legion of Honor, and as
long ago as 1887 the Academy honored
him by awarding him a special prize
for the excellence of his. literary work.
NJ. Theuriet is 60 years old, and was
educated in Paris. His career in poll
tics was limited to a term as Minister
of Finance. He was never noted as
statesman. He was elected to the
Academy with Albert Yandal, the
French historian.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
FASHION AND FURNITURE.
Use Should be the First Consideration in
Purchasing.

Use should be the First Consideration in
Purchasing.
Fashion is responsible for any
amount of bad furniture writes kath-
crime b. Johnson III Woman's Home
Companion For the wealthy it is
Marie Antoinette and other period fur
niture, or Turkish japanese and other
ornate Eastern styles, none Of which are
adapted to our habits and surroundings.
Last year it was metal bedsteadS; now
they are tabooed and wood reigns To-
day it is prima vera and curly birch;
six months from now it may be black
walnut and cherry again. Some fash
ions are bizarre and ugly, many more
artistic and altogether charming; for in
stance, brass bedsteads are SNOWY and
dazzling, and iron ones too suggestive of
public institutions. where cleanliness is
the main consideration. Wood bed
steads are more pleasing to the eye,
and give Il chamber q cOZier appear
ance. In short, given free rein fashion
is tyrant here as elsewhere; made sub
servient to good taste and Judgment it
is a most helpful and profitable servant
and to no one more surely than the wom-
aIi with refined tastes who must econo-
mize.
'"rhe size and uses Of a room must
determine the kind and amount of fur
niture to be put into it. Furniture should
be beautiful i'll itself, and beautiful as
considered in connection with everything
else in the room. A piece of furniture
good in design, material and workman
ship is always beautiful when appropri-
ately used. Let use be the first consid-
Grafton. Make no purchases hastily.
Have a definite idea of what is both
suitable and good; of the needs of the
room and the sum you can afford to
expend Prefer hardwood and good
workmanship every time to cheap dec
orations. If you must ecOnOmiZe closely,
let fashion be neither the first, second
nor third consideration. The style and
air most conducive to the beauty and
comfort of a room is in no small degree
dependent upon the arrangement of its
furniture. Any number of suggestions,
but few explicit directions, for produc-
ing the desired results can be given;
for while certain rules must be adhered
to, success is far less dependent upon
technical knowledge than upon the ar
tistic sense and cleverness of the woman
who produces them"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
Saved by a Sausage.

1t is possible to OvereStimate the cOur-
age of a robber, as may be seen by this
story Of Judge Seymour D. Thomp-
sons given in the st. Louis Republic:
McNab was the hero of a hairbreadth
escape. 1t was in Canada, where Nc
Nab, a braWny Scotchman. was q fell
low-colporteur of my father, the Rev.
Seymour Thompson.
The two became separated on the
night of McNab's adventure. The
Scotchman was riding through a forest
unarmed He had a package of Bibles
on one side Of his saddle, and on the
other string Of frozen sausages, which
were to be thawed and cooked for his
breakfast. A highwayman stopped Nc
Nabbs reflections and his progress at
the same time.
The Scotchman was frightened. He
never denied that. He had little mon
CIV in his boot and he leaned over to re-
move the boot and satisfy the demand
of the robber. His hand struck against
the frozen sausages. He bethought
himself of these Perhaps they would
be accepted instead of money.
He broke one Of them in two and
was about to offer half of it to the high
wayman when suddenly he found him
self alone, and heard the clatter of a
horses rapidly retreating hoofs. Badly
frightened as he was, McNab laughed
The robber had mistaken the cracking
of the sausage for the cooking of PTS,
tOl. and had fed!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25

the arm is inclosed and the plethoys
biography is too elaborate to permit
of description within the limit of a
newspaper article. A nice knowledge
of physics would be necessary to its
understanding. But the connection is
effected and the activity Of the brain
indicated on the kymograph roll accord
ingly as the conditions change. There
are five glass pens used in making the
record They are nicely balanced and
filled with ink as the expert starts and
the incest possible adjustment is made
with the clockWork Of the drum that
moves the paper. AS the seconds are
licked off the paper moves slowly over
the drum and the pens reveal in the
waving lines they make, as the pres
sure in the cylinder and other points of
the apparatus change, varied mental
changes. The pulsations of the heart
are registered by one of the pens, the
respiratory movement by another, the
yaria tons in the volume of the arm
the time is marked by third, and the
signal pen, indicating when the stimu-
lants are applied, fills the complement.
and these are all balanced with the
most absolute nicely for the changes
they record are by no means strongly
accented
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25

steel hinges, which allow considerable
forward and backward play. 1t is not
likely to become popular. The use of
one of the tubes in the frame as pump
cylinder has been tried in this coun-
try in a slightly different form without
success. But the English inventor
claims that he has overcome all the diff
ficulties experienced in previous expert
ments. and that he has a device which
is easily applied to any wheel and fur
nishes a powerful pump that will not
get out of order and is always ready
for. use
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
THE MINED LETTERS.

and as soon as his literary friend ar
rived he insisted upon his preparing
letter He wanted something warm, he
said-something that would simply
'kill her first dash out of the boXs And
he got it. The letter that was prepared
was a scOrcher, as it did all but pro
pose to the young lady. 1t spoke of
love at first sight 'undying affec
ton, soulful eyes, delights of the
terpsichorean maze" etc, ad infinitum.
At the same time the literary friend
was asked to write something touching
to the business manager of the corpora
ton, asking him to consider the labor
iouS efforts of the amorous young man
during the past year, and, if found de-
serving of such recognition, to kindly
advance his salary from So per week to
SO.
Both letters were finished at the same
time and handed to the love-sick swain
and he copied them in his best spen-
cerian hand, sealed them up, mailed the
one to the young lady and laid the
other on the business managers desk.
Next morning he received answers to
both. The business manager wrote
that he regretted very much that Mr..
Lovesick spent so much of the com
pany's time and letter paper writing to
young ladies. He also regretted that
he would not longer need his services.
The young lady wrote that she was ex-
tremely sorry to find that he was in
such distressing financial circum-
stances as the letter, which she begged
to return, would Indicate and that she
therefore begged to enclose ST to reim-
burse him for the flowers that he had
that morning sent her. The trouble
was that he had mixed the letters,
sending that asking for the raise to the
young lady and vice versa. He has
sworn off letter writing now except in
answer to help wanted ads.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25

Conn, manufacturer, who exhibited a
wheel of that description at the '96
cycle show in Madison Square Garden.
But the handle bars on his machine
were on the front tube, and not behind
the saddle. which gave the rider lean
ing position. Another curious feature
of the English freak is that it is driven
with grooved sprockets and band, in
place of toothed sprockets and chain.
The new seat-post is decidedly novel.
1t is a double-barr affair, the top
and bottom bars being connected by
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
A Hens Remarkable Fast.

The length of time a hen can sur
yive without food or water is some
thing remarkable. About the middle
of September an Ohio farmer put Il
setting hen in an empty barrel, placing
q lid on top. He forgot all about the
hen until three months after when he
was surprised TO find it alive. II had
remained in the barrel during all that
time without drop Of water OF food.
In a very short time it was restored to
the flock as well as ever.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
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at Is argued that when labOrerS go
on strike they have thrown up their
jobs and have relinquished all right to
their positions, as much as if they had
left individually to go and work else
where said Prof Gunon, of New
York, in a recent lecture. Now, this
is subterfuge. 1t is a technical pre-
tension which is practically and actual
~ untrue. The employers who employ
the subterfuge know that it does not.
represent the case. On the contrary,
the employers expect the men to come
back, but hope to force them back on
the old conditions. If this were an hon
est contention, and the employers really
expected that they would permanently.
move away, in nine cases out of ten
they would yield to the strikers de-
mands before the laborers threw down
their tools. This is demonstrated by
the tactics employers adopt in getting
new men. They hardly ever expect to-
get, or take pains to get, competent
men to fill the places of strikers, but
usually send out their agents to pick up
shiftless, e'er-do-wells, who can be
hired temporarily for the purpose of
frightening the strikers into coming
back under the pretense that their
places are being filled. AS a rule, the
employers pay these men more than
they are willing to pay their own labor
ers, and they do so because they do not
expect to keep them permanently.
Any person who. comes i'll to take
the place of striker is the worst off
because of that strike. He was out Of
work before and he would not have had
this opportunity but for the effort of
others to improve their position. Then.
| say, that job does not exist for him.
If he gets it another man walks the
street, and, what is more, the man who
now walks the street is the better of
the two. Now, if the other man steps
in and takes the job, he Immediately
puts an end to all chances of improving
it, Between the claims of these twoy
all the interests of the community are
in favor of the man who IS willing to
sacrifice something to improve his sit
uatiOn"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
General Labor.

The German-American Topographic
cal Union had total income during the
last fiscal year of $27, 641.68; its total
expenses were 500, 004 80; cash on hand,
S2,638. SO. There was paid to those out
of work, $7,S12; sick, $5,426.65; burial,
So, 637. II; strike, S639.95; travelling,
$685.. SO; total, ST ,S55.S5.
Several thousand men in New York
make living wages manufacturing doll
carriages for the export trade. The
best doll carriage sells for SIC and the
cheapest for % cents. Seventy per
cent. of the total output of doll car
riages are exported to South America,
Australia and the United Kingdom.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
ANDRE THEURlET.
The New Literary Member of the
French Academy.

The New Literary Member of the
French Academy.
Andre Theuriet. the new member of
the French Academy is one Of the most
familiar of the literary men of Paris.
His public, outside the atmosphere
of the French capital, is limited
and he is known to very few peo-
pie in this country. He was given q
seat in the Academy in preference to
Emile lola, but the order of his genius
and his talent is UNNECESSARILY below
that of the author of Mana" NJ Theu-
riet began his career as a poet and
wrote pleasant verses for number of
Partisan magazines, which attracted
much favorable attention. During the
past twenty years he has devoted him
self chiefly to the writing Of novels,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
S1eRI99VS
Ehe7VgRTS
You Will Never Be Sorry

You Will Never Be Sorry
For living a pure life.
For doing your level best.
For being kind to the poor
For hearing before judging.
For thinking before speaking.
For standing by your principles.
For stopping your ears to gossip.
For bridling slanderous tongue.
For being square in business dealings.
For giving an unfortunate person a
lift
For promptness in keeping your
promises.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25

serious fact, though not necessarily an
unwelcome one, is that the islands
four thousand square miles contain a
population of six hundred thousand
persons, twenty-five thousand of whom
are White.-Century.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25

can measure the de-
gree of mental ac-
tivity by observing
t h e fl 0 w o f t h e
blood through the
brain. The contri-
vance is not easy OF
description, and it
could not possibly
be described in Ian
guage that the lay
man would under
stand. And a civil
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
English administrator of Jamaica

The English administration Of ia
maica is a thing to be thankful for;
there are law and order, excellent
roads, comfortable houses, adequate
police, 1awn-tennis and cricket, plenty
of manly, companionable English army
and navy officers, and a governor who
is strong, able, and genial. At the
tain that the island is producing a
tenth part of the wealth that is latent
i'll soil and atmosphere, or that most
OF the wealth that is beginning to make
its appearance is due to anything so
much as to the American enterprise
and capital which are opening up rail
ways and cultiyating fruits. Another