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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
CAMDEN'S SPECIAL WRECKED.
The Ex-senator Injured and the
Fireman Killed.

Fireman Killed.
WHEELING, w. Va, Aug. 19.--Ex-
Senator Camden's special train ran
into the rear of freight which was
taking water at Erbacon, on the West
Virginia & Pittsburg railroad. Manv
freight cars were smashed. Fireman
Clarence Peck was killed, Engineer
Frank Smith suffered a crushed leg
and other injuries, but will recover.
Ex-senator Camden himself was pain
fully but not dangerously bruised. In
JCries to others were slight. Senator
Camden was accompanied by A. H.
Kunst, vice president of the road. They
We're in his private car "Ganby" and
We're en- route to attend the trial of
the strikers in Judge Goff's court at
Clarksburg
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Rome needn't get so gay. A luckily
placed trouser button was the only
thing that prevented Prince Henry
from sticking his sword right through
the Count of Turin IN the fourth bout.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

The South has added to it's list of
rnirth-provoking names. 1t now con-
tains besides Kt Gudger and Dink Bolts
the name of Gordy Trix, of Lumpkin
county, Georgia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
Set Forth in Some Resolutions
Al MEETING HELD AT THE RYAN HOTEL.
Citizens Will Be on Hand Today.
Murmuring Heard That Any Ambitious Member of
the City Council Tight Regard as a
Warning for the Future

ment may be killed in its incipiencv and
with a single effort anu
The following establishments xera
represented at the meeting, the figures
showing the number of persons they
employ and consequently represent:
Do,4a No. Employees.
cannon Coz. ...... ........... 81
n CeC,o...-. 49,. ...--....................10 100
Z; ~: Y Connor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4
W W. odnuerson Observation-Disclosures. 16
L. ". Brady q Con-. ................ 80
Well Frey ......., 140
So9IC 150
MlcHauu BroS... .......... - 65
W; n nerindn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s
I1Ie:I cesol '..'..'.. ................-...-.. 8
NJ GoisC '''' 4
ctIys CO-...... ....... ................. 4
Iya..S % 49,. ...........-... %
horton horton q 20 .............. ............... 20
Plymou Clothing House ................ x
browning, King & Co... .. 40
MdnnnelIner Bros. ............ .....,. 275
NJ q So.....' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 63
D.. uS 4
yei W oloTe ..... Observation-Disclosures. 8
9nnlen q Farwell company .................. 40
a o Fortef .................. ............ %
Teiss Co...... ......... .............. 16
thompson Rubber company - ;
ST. Paul Rubber company ............ 80
stevens & Robertson ....................20 20
George Benz & Sons
Ransom & Horton
Wedelstaedt Co.
Pease Brothers.
Ralph OHara.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

An Illinois man has invented a ma
chine which measures wind pressure.
There is no reason why it should not
be tested on some of our politicians.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

rates just to make the veterans feel as
If they were back in the days Of '63.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

The silverites are in a quandary.
They don't know whether to settle
down or settle up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

1t seems not unlikely that people
viii be travelling in palace cars straight
from Dyea to Dawson City in the next
two years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Watch the gold reserve bulge when
Europe begins to pay for the grain it
Is buying from US.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20
TODAY'S EVENTS.

MetrOpOIitan-Ver 2.3O, $50.
Lexington Perk-Base Ball, 3.45.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

The placers of the Red river valley
are just now yielding more golden dol
lars than all the Klondike mines.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

The ''geyser'' who robbed the party
Of tourists was not one of the regular
Yellowstone park geysers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Has California started the stories of
big gold finds to keep its population at
home.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

None of the learned gentlemen at De-
trOit have discussed the faro bank.
Nobody is present from Montana
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Perhaps if Wanamaker runs against
Quay he will wish he hadn't.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Prof. Andree all will be forgiven If
you will nail an American flag to the
north pole.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

I can get along nicely without any
more duels for ten years.-Henry Of
Orleans.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Inquirer-The sealskin sacque IS not
seasonable but often comfortable in
August.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Oats were neglected yesterday except
by the horses.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
Counting Treasury Notes.

One of the most singular and interest
ing manufactures in this country is
that where the United States treasury
notes are made. The paper differs from
any other, and it is kept under guard
from the moment of it's manufacture
until the printed notes are issued from
the treasury. These sheets of thin pa
per, both before and after printing, are
counted and recounted by officials
whose fingers, from years Of practice,
have become so deft that they fly over
their work with the rapidly Of light
ming.
A visitor, watching woman counting
apparently endless heaps Of notes, said,
when the worker stopped to breathe:
Il should think that this monotonous
work of counting, continued for years,
would bring on a disease of the BRAIN"
1T would" promptly replied the Off
cial, IF we thought of it. But while
/ counted those notes l was planning a
holiday for my little boy. | repeat the
numbers unconsciously, as musician
touches the keys Of the piano. 1t is
habit. It was not always so,'' she said.
laughing. ''When l began the work l
was terrified by it's Importance. The
officers, pacing up and down, robbed
me of self-control. | touched the sheets
with shaking fingers. ! was working
for the Government! | went over the
pile again and again, and even then
made mistakes. | never make mis-
take now. | have the habit of count
ing"
This little personal history has use
full hint in it for all of us.
There are certain duties, more or less
laborious, which all well-bred men and
women must perform because of what
they owe to themselves and to society.
The person must be kept clean; the
dress in scrupulous order; the voice,
laughter and gestures controlled; every
other human being who is met, wheth-
er lord or laborer, should be treated
with simple, sincere courtesy. At the
table, on the street, in social life there
must be conformity to certain minute
laws which govern Well-bred people,
The man or woman who tries to learn
these things in middle life is hampered
or paralyzed by ignorance and aWk-
wardness Jean Paul, with great Cos
pei Of truth burning on his tongue, felt
his boorish manner a heavy burden
that kept him long dumb.
There are countless American girls
and boys who some day may have a
message to deliver to the world. Ii
they turn these lesser duties into habits
now, they will cost them no more
thought or anxiety in adult age than
the counting of the heaped notes does
the official in the mills
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04

along the Battery in Charleston. 1t
was the crowd gathering to witness the
attack on the fort.
Suddenly the signal was given just
as the fog lifted and revealed the out
lines of the fort, and, springing back
ward, Capt. Hallenquist pulled the Ian
yard Boom! the shot rang out and
was echoed and re-echoed from shore
to shore My blood was up, and in a
twinkling another charge was rammed
down the black throat of the old mortar
and I was permitted to fire the second
shot Had I known all that it meant
then I might not have been so eager for
the honor, but I was young and my
blood was hot, and l was ready for
anything.
''The firing, Of course, became gen
eral, and the guns from old Sumter an
swered our challenge and the deep bay
ing of the war dogs soon became q con-
tinuous roar. was kept SO busy woSk-
ing the guns that | paid little heed to
what was going on until the order came
to cease firing. Then I saw the officers
in the boat being rowed across to the
fort tG complete the articles OF surren-
der
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04

tory, lives in the mountains of Georgia.
He is Thomas w. Wheat, stalwart
mountaineer who stands six feet tall
and has an eye like an eagle. He still
wears his Confederate overcoat Of gray.
Wheat was 81 years Of age on Christ
mas day, 1860, and, like a great many
other country bred youths, he wanted
to see little Of the world. So he went
down to Augusta, from his home in
middle Georgia, and started out for a
holiday frolic. It proved to be the most
memorable outing Of his life.
1.-The boys" said he, ''got after me to
go with crowd of them down to
Charleston and fight the Yankees.
had nothing against the Yankees, but
was in for anything that promised
little sport, and | agreed to go with
them. The recruiting officer readily
took me and l was stationed on Sulli-
vans Island in Charleston harbor. At
ter the Star Of the West affair we knew
that there was some movement on foot
and were not surprised when the long
roll sounded just after midnight on the
morning Of April Is, 1861, and we were
ordered 20 take our places at the guns.
1T was my business to load the first
cartridge for the 10-inch mortar, and
while our commander, Capt. Hallen-
Quist. took his station near the gun,
measured out the powder, loaded the
cartridge, and cut the fuse. 1t was just
growing light and the fog hung heavy
on the water between our position and
outlines of the old fort, and back to the
landWard, as the mist thinned we
could see figures moving to and fro
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
The Efficacy of a Countersign.

While Colonel Gillian, with che Mid
die Tennessee regiment, was occupying
Nashville during the late war, he sta
toned sentries and patrols in all the
principal streets of the city. One day.
an Irishman who had not been long en-
listed was put on duty at a prominent
crossing, and he kept a sharp and faith
full watch. Presently a citizen came
along.
Halt! Who goes there?"
GA Citizen" was the response.
"Advance and give the countersign."
81 have not the countersign,' replied
the indignant citizen, 'and the demand
for it at this time and place is I'M
usual"
'Well, begorah! ye don't pass this
way until We say Bunker HILL
The citizen, approaching the situa-
ton, smiled and advanced to the sentry,
and cautiously whispered the magic
words.
Fright! Pass onr' and the wide
awake sentinel resumed his beat.-Har-
pers Round Table.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
Easily Satisfied.

There was once a mandarin who was
excessively fond of jewels, and always
walked abroad with his robe covered
with the sparkling gems. One day he
was accosted by an old bonze, who.
following him through the street, bowed
himself often to the ground and
thanked the mandarin for his jewels.
what does the man mean?' cried
the mandarin, in great alarm Then
addressing the bonze, he said, Il never
gave you any jewels, man!'
NO." replied the bonze, "but you
have let me look at them, and that is all
the use you can make Of them yourself,
so there is no difference between us.
except that you have the trouble of
guarding them, task would not care
for" -Harper's Round Table.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04

piled to the manufacture have result
ed IN blowing the great glass spheres
by an air blast. but in most lines the
machine has not vet learned the dex-
terity of human fingers, and SO hand
made is still true Of considerab bic
share Of the glass product
Not all the work, however, demands
strength. The great spheres must be
cut up, andswith a diamond pointed
cutter, and a young lady attachment,
the huge transparent globes soon lose
their shape and become piles Of little
saucer-like disks, to be afterward mold
ed into various shapes and articles,
as the needs Of trade demand. It is
a wonderful industry. 1t is sight to
be remembered.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04

rent Of air can be allowed to pass
through the factory, where molten glass
is being handled, long rows of red
hot furnaces, the air on fire, great
blasts of fame from the opening and
closing doors Of the kilns, the scene,
especially at night, is lurid and ter
ror-inspiring An army of half-naked
men, with long iron instruments, stir
ring the molten glass, withdrawing the
bars with ball and molding it into va
rious shapes; the sight is a fit addition
to the superheated chamber; these are
the genii of the glass works, and their
performances are more wonderful than
those OF the Arabian Nights, for at
their touch the substance which is the
very type and symbol of fragility be-
comes plastic, malleable, ductile, ev-
erything that is SOFT and impossible.
It is veritable magic, for dipping his
Jeanne" into the red-hot liquid, the
blower in moment produces at the
end huge crystal sphere, as transpar-
ent as the purest water and yet reflect
ing from it's inner and outer surfaces
every hue seen in the rainbow. A
pair of genii simultaneously draw from
the molten mass their instruments,
with glowing ball of double size; one
walks away carrying his Jeanne" over
his shoulder, and between the two ap-
pears a red-hot rope Of glass, longer
and longer it grows, until the behold
er looks for it to snap; it does not, but
when drawn out many feet and to an
equal thickness throughout, it is laid
on cOntrivance resembling a cross
between a railroad and ladder, and
behold long glass tube, ready for use
in the chemists laboratory. It is
straight, but it does not need to be
so; at touch, the genii of the glass
house can make it a spiral of any de-
sired length, or can curve it, twist it
into fantastic shapes, for it is their
slave and obeys their slightest wish.
They do not work for pleasure, these
genii; by no stretch of imagination can
any amusement be found in their toll.
They get good wages, for, although
the price of labor has fallen greatly in
recent years, each genius can command
Is to 20 francs day In the golden
age of glass blowing, ten to twenty
years ago, 20 francs a day was con-
sidered poor pay, and skilled genii
received from % to 35.
Improvements in the mechanism ap-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04

was a fully matured woman when
they were mere infants. Kitty, as she
is called by every one, remembers
clearly many incidents Of the rebellion
Of '98, which she tells with considerable
power of description. Her brain is
still active and her intelligence unim-
paired. She can't hear quite as well
as she used to half a century or so
ago, but her eyes are still as quick and
keen as ever. She is proud Of the fact
that she can thread needle quicker
than fedglings of SO. !.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
Their Pet Ayersions.

Most people have an aversion of some
kind or other and some very strange
ones. The sight of a set of false teeth
makes John L. Sullivan sick at the
stomach. Napoleon did not like to see
a white dog. Agassiz could not bear TO
touch polished steel. The sight of the
rising moon, when it was full, always
made Mime. DeStael i'll. Barefooted
children made Louis XIV. nervous.
Dean Swift has said that Bolingbroke
would "act like one bereft should he
cast his eye on poor harmless toade."
Disraeli had an attack of vertigo when
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
A DISCOVERY.
the Professors Unwe1come Increase
of knowledge.
he sat.

of knowledge.
One of Washington's scientific men
found himself in an assembIage where
there were great many young people.
lie endeayOred to riSe-or, perhaps, to
deScend-to the occasion as gracefully
as possible. Having been introduced to
number of young women, he tried to
make himself agreeable by explaining
some of the latest information in eth
nology, and he became so absorbed in
his discourse that he did not notice, I'M
til they were nearly all gone, that q
youth with nasal voice was winning
his audience away from him with a
funny song. He tried 1t again with
archaeology as the theme. A girl with a
banjo wrecked his ambitions. He
thought he was making some Roadway
by means Of his remarks on paleon-
tology when man who took rabbit
out of a silk hat eternally quenched his
pride.
my DEAR" he said to his wife, on
their way home, II have been thinking
it over, and find that the evening has
been far from wasted
Il was very much afraid that you
would feel differently about it,
''No, have made avery important
and interesting discovery. The merest
accidents sometimes lead to the most
surprising. revelations, and tonight I
learned something which completely
oyerturns an accepted theory"
rs it possible?"
1--WE have been led to believe that
the chief Of all forces is the attraction
of gravity"
EYES,"
''Well, I have found out tonight that
there are times when it can't hold
candle to the attraction of levity."-
Washington Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
Life Durinr a Siege.

The conduct Of the people of Atlanta
during the siege Of that city in 1864 was
truly remarkable. When Sherman's
mighty host invested the city, writes
Wallace Putnam Reed, there was gen
eral CONSERVATION. among the citizens.
Until the very last day the people had
believed that they would be spared the
horrors of Il bombardment. Their gen
erals, high officials and newspapers had
assured them that the invaders would
be driven back, and that the citadel of
the Confederacy would never undergo
the hardships of a siege.
This proved to be mistake. In the
latter part Of July shells began to fall
within the city limits, and two or three
battles had been fought almost within
the precincts of the suburbs. The out
look grew more serious every day, but
in short time the beleagured inhabit-
ants became accustomed to their new
conditions. Hundreds of big guns thun-
dered away, and the crash of small
arms kept everybody awake during the
sultry summer nights.
After a week or so the non-combat-
ants in the city made up their minds
to stand the racket and bear it philo-
sophicaliy.
They went about their business and
pleasures as before. The newspapers
came out as usual, the merchants kept
open their places Of business, and the
society people continued their round OF
visiting. OF course, there were many
inconvenience and dangers. 1t was
not pleasant to have a social function
broken up by an 1S-pound shell crash
ing through the house, but the Allan
tans agreed that they would make the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
Tit for Tat.

A British sailor being a witness in a
murder case, was called to the stand,
and was asked by the counsel for the
Grown whether he was for the plaintiff
Or defendant.
plaintiff or defendant?'' said the.
sailor, scratching his head. why, /
don't know what you mean by plaintiff
or defendant. I come to speak for me
friend" pointing to the prisoner
You're a pretty fellow for a wit
ness" said the counsel, mot to know
what plaintiff or defendant means"
Later in the trail the counsel asked
the sailor what part of the ship he was
in at the time of the murder.
'Abaft the pinnacle, me lord,' said
the sailor.
"Abaft the binnacle?" replied the bar
rister. what part Of the ship is that?"
"Ain't you pretty Teller for coun-
selor,' said the sailor, grinning at the
counsel, mot to know what abaft the
pinnacle is!''
The court laughed. Round
Table.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
CURIOUS HYBRIDS.
a Gross Between Chinese Pheasa and
Domestic Fowl.

Domestic Fowl.
DR.. J. c.. Gray of Eugene Or, has a
pair of hybrids, the result of a cross be-
tween the male China pheasant and the
domestic hen, says the Eugene Guard.
1t was by mere accident that DR.. Gray
secured the birds he now has in his pos
session. The eggs were procured and
Matched in the usual manner, and no
one knew anything about the cross until
the halfbreeds had reached sufficient size
to begin to assume the proportions and
character of their parents, which re-
vea!ed! the cross beyond a doubt. The
male has more $of a resemblance to the
Pheasant. while the female favors
the domestic fowl Judging. from it's
s,0ior, The male is supposed to be crossed
with the Dominecker breed OF chickens.
In form it is an exact counterpart OF the
male pheasant, excepting the feet anu
legs. which resemble those OF chicken,
being almost the same as that of a
Dominecker chicken. In action and hab-
it the bird is like the pheasant, being
wild, alert and always watchful. Owing
to its wild disposition and tendency to
run away, it is confined i'll park with
some tame fowls.
The female hybrid is Enthusiastically a
cross between the Brown Leghorn hen,
except that it is smaller, more supple Of
body and has the pheasant feet and legs.
In color it is about equally divided be-
tween the Brown Leghorn and the fe-
male pheasant. The bronze Of the lat
fer shows quite prominently on its breast
and back. In Ia bits it is much the same
as the domestic hen, not being so wild
as the male. and is allowed its freedom
in the yard with some chickens.
DIR. Cray has been offered a neat sum
for the hybrids, but declined to sell. He
will exhibit them at the poultry show,
which will be held in Eugene during the
holidays, after which he will probably
dispose of them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
GLASS MAKING IN FRANCE.
Thousands of Well Paid Men E1n-
ployed at the Work.

Thousands of Well. Paid Men E1n-
ployed at the Work. .
In France there are no less than $50
glass furnaces that employ $4,000
Workmen and pay out annually in
wages 100000 francs These fur
naces turn out 18O,OOO,000 bottles be-
sides window glass and other product.
To obtain entrance to a glass factory
is no easy matter, as every superin-
tendent is suspicious that the visit
or is an agent Of a rival factory and is
endeayoring to learn some Of the Sc
crets Of his place. A person must be
properly introduced and identified be-
fore entrance can be gained.
A blast furnace is nothing to a glass
furnace; a foundry is an ice house in
comparison with it. A great room,
with limited ventilation, for no cur
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
Fate of a Great Organ.

The great music hall organ. once the
pride Of Boston, which has been stored in
"A shed for the last ten years. is to be
sold. 1t cost more than 100000, and
weighed nearly seventy tons. 1t was
finished on October 81, 1883. and the
public was invited to hear it on No
yember .. An ode was written by airs.
James T. Fields. and was recited 10y
Miss Charlotte Cushman. Although If
was looked upon almost as a sacred
thing. and referred to as ''the hope of art
in future years." it was kicked out in
1884 because more room for the perma-
mani orchestra was needed
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04
Eoor Wretch.

Mrs. Brown lin awed whisper)-
'Sh-sh! hear a burglar in the pantry.
1 believe he is going to steal the cake
I cooked to-day.
Mr.. Brown (sleepily)-Poor devil! He
may have family, too.-Up-to-Date.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-04

Pat-I tell you the ould frinds are al
ways the best, after all, and can prove
it,
Dennis-How?
Pat-Where'n you find new frind
that has stood by you as long rs the
Guild ones have?-Cleveland Leader.