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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26
GIGANTIC CATTLE FRAUD.
CSllet Says He's Willing 40 Return
and Expose g. Big Conspiracy

Kansas City, mAec. 23.--Feank Cooper,
OF the firm of Gilmore & Cooper, live
stock merchants, yesterday displayed
;s letter alleged to have just been re-
eeeived from Grant c. Gilaett, the KAN
ssas cattle pllInger, expressing his will
sngness to return from Mexico and
face his creditors Cooper said that
Gillett declared that he is only the
sscapegoat of Others who participated
i'm the gigantic cattle frauds, and If
Gilmore IL Gsoper Will only say the
word he wis be in Kansas City i'm As
hours axad furnish such evidence as
will unSover. a great conspiracy The
Hetter gives Eists CT transactions aggTe-
eating nearly 81. a'0Asee0 and according
so S.>sssgss4;, makes direct accusations OF
LGFaud against several live stock deal
e1s Tine ie1ter is poEEmarked Sam -AR-
II onio, Texas. Cooper says an effort I'D
get GfEaattgooi retMBm nEVill be made.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26
MARINE LOSSES ON LAKES.
They Were Much Higher This Year
Than Ever Before

Chicago Dec 23-The marine losses
during the season of 1898 were larger
than during any previous season on
the lakes On the total losses no two
underwriters will make an estimate
within S500,000 of each other. The
general average places the aggregate
loss at 50, 100000 Vesselmen protest
that these figures are too high. Lake
Michigan has been the scene of the
greatest number of serious losses, with
Lake Superior second. Lake Huron
has been remarkably free from disas-
ters, while Lake Ontario has produced
a larger number of serious losses than
Lake Erie The number of boats de-
stroyed was SO with an aggregate ton
mage OF 29,194
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.

Ambassador Draper has Informed the
United States department Of state that
the Italian chamber of deputies has
ratified the postal treaty and the SEN
ate will also do so.
The French government has decided
to hand the Dreyfus secret dossier to
the court of cessation 1t will also be
communicated to Madame Dreyfus and
to Mornard. counsel for Dreyfus.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26
SHOT BY A COMPANION.

Chippewa Falls, Dec. 2O.-Fred Hor-
ton, 16-year-old boy, was accidental
ly shot in the head here yesterday by
a companion while the latter was
revolver. 1t is believed
that young Horton cannot recover.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26
MANY VICTIMS OF GRIP.
Washington and New York Are Among
Cities Most Afflicted.

Washington, Dec, 23.-From the
number of persons connected with the
various government departments and
large commercial houses who are i'll, it
is apparent that the grip Is playing an
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26

Joseph Letter has gone into COM
pressed air. having obtained control
for foreign countries of the Hoadley-
Knight patents. There is probably too
much of the raw material for him to
attempt a corner of the compressed
product, so the item is somewhat lack
ing in general interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26
REPORT
TELLS SOME THINGS OF INTER
EST -AROUT THE WAR
ROUGH RIDERS ARE HEROES

Detailed Account of Their Brave Fight
Before Santiago -Cavalry Men Cap
ture a Block House and Eat a DIN
ner Prepared by Spamiards tor
Observation-Disclosures Suffering.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26
CHICAGO M.ARKEES.

The following table shows she OPEN
ing, highest, lowest amd CLOSING prices
of produce at Chicago Thursday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26

The czar of Russia is rather proud
Of his tenor voice, which is good and
well trained, and recently at musical
party he said his enemies might say
many harsh and unkind things to him.
but II defy them to say cannot sing
as we'll as the best Of them
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26

1t turns out that the dinner given by
William Waldorf Astor at C1iveden for
General Kitchener was not attended by
that celebrity because at the last mo-
ment he received an invitation from
the prince of Wales. When the prince
learned that this invitation had de-
prived Mr.. Astor of his guest of honor
he wrote a handsome apology, explain
ing that the princess had never met
Lord Kitchener, and this was her only
chance to do So
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26

Miss Pauline Astor, the only daugh-
ter of William Waldorf Astor, is re-
ported to be engaged to marry the
young duke of Roxburghe. Miss Astor
is 10 years old.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26
PERSONALITIES.

w. w. Astor's daughter is said to be
likely to become the duchess of Rox-
burghe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26

the first days operations briefly. The
capture of San Juan hill is described
as follows:
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11
Tallest of All Trees.

In New South Wales. Victoria, and
Tasmania grows a species of gum tree
Eucalyptus amygdalina is its scientific
name-which. Sir F. Won Mueller says
probably represents ''the tallest of all
trees of the globe" The loftiest speci-
men of this tree yet measured towers
to the height of Al feet. A PROSTATE
tree. measured in Victoria, was 42O feet
long, and the distance from the roots
to the lowest branch was 295 feet. A,
that point the trunk was four feet in di.
ameter and 800 feet from the butt the
diameter was still three feet The
wood of the tree is hard and of good
quality; it grows quickly and yields q
great quantity of volatile oil from
Its leaves, which are very abundant.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11
A CONSIDERABLE MOTHER.
She Realised She Was I'm No Position
to Give Matrimonial Advice
Herself.

had taken a very toothsome but
not highly finished dinner at the noun
tain farmhouse, and when I started on
my way at one o'clock in the afternoon
the daughter, who had looked after my
wants at the table, informed me that
if had no objections she would ride
piece" with me. AS she was good
looking, rudy mountain maid, unlike
the majority of her kind, I gave an
immediate and unanimous consent,
and we were presently jogging along
toward the Cumberland river, which
we could see lying like silver thread
across the green valley far below US. s
II presume" 1 said. bowling with al
much gallantry as the circumstances
would permit, that If any of your
beaus should, see us riding together
my life would scarcely be safe from
their jealous rage"
"Oh, 1 reckon faint so bad's that,
all to once" she laughed in response.
"Tm sure they are not so Indifferent
as you would lead me to think. Pretty
girls are not so plenty in the noun
tains," I smiled, and she blushed.
"Well, I s'pose eff Jim wuz here" she
ASSAsoSSNs ~ y NC SiSA q RiCAAC
as it looks, for Jim's mighty bad about
me. That's why he ain's here now"
"Why?" I asked with considerably
more interest and not yearly so much
bow and palavar. o
"He shot a hole through the last
Teller rid with and had to take to the
woods till he gifts WE'LL"
This was not altogether as pleasing
as it might have been, but couldn't
run away from the lady. so remained.
WELL" said in tone Of strong dis
approval, do you intend to marry a
man like that?"
"'Tain't safe to marry any other
not fer him, ner me neither. even eff
/ wanted to, which 1 don't. Jim's
plenty suitable fer me-"
"Does your mother approve of your
marrying him?" asked, hoping some
body might be found who would come
to the rescue.
"No," she responded easily. '..maw
amt talkin' one way ner t'other. She's
been married four times and has mase
such drafted muss Nv it every tfnjs
that she says she amt a fittin' person
to give advice on the marryin' ques-
ton. nohow, even eff / wuzn't old
enough. to- do my own pickin' an
choosin'," which. seemed to be such an
unanswerable argument that l retired
from the field.-Washington Star
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11
THE TRUE WOMAN.

The woman who holds mans heart in her
hands
Need not be pretty nor possessed of rich
lands, ,.,.z -.
She needn't wear clothes just teeming with
She needn't possess the first worldly vile.
Her eyes may be brown. her eyes may be
To him she's a beauty away through and
through
If she's true.
IT'S her soul that he cares for, her stead
fast devotion,
Her love as unbounded, as free as the ocean:
The touch OF her hands. the glance Of her
eye,
The swift rush Of color that comes when
he's nigh:
The thousand and one little things she
can do ~ =
That show him so plainly right through and
through t,;s
That she's true.
What does 1t matter il others are fairer?
She possesses a virtue that makes her far
Than professional beauties. cold-hearted
and vain.
She would give him her all and care not to
gain
Aught but smile. low II love you."
Which thrills her whole being away
For she's true.
Days may be dark. days may be fair,
In sickness, in health. in joy, in despair.
She proves in each crisis that her love Is
real;
It shines on serenely. come woe or veal.
The world counts for nothing, what can
1t do &'tP
If she belongs to him utterly all through
and through
And Is ,true7 ...,..
-Philade1phia Times.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

The United States contains 81. ACT drug
stores.
Waltham has joined several other
Massachusetts, cities in adopting cur
few ordinance.
According to a census taken by the
Maine bureau of statistics there arc
1,577. 252 hens in that state.
At the Peach day observance In the
Omaha exposition 1,5o0 baskets OF Ne
braska peaches were distributed among
the visitors.
About 5000 words in the English lam
guage have no rhyme to them. These
include such important words as honor,
virtue, gulf, month and echo.
The whisky production in North Caro-
lima last year from the 467 registered
distilleries was 620.716 gallons. 1t il
thought that the product of the Illicit
distilleries was fully as large.
It is an inexplicable fact that men
buried in an avalanche of snow hear dis
tinctly every word uttered by those who
are seeking for them, while their most
strenuous shouts fail to penetrate even
few feet of the snow.
The duke of Cambridge, who is fond of
collecting swords. always wears on
state occasions the diamond-hilted
weapon which was presented to him by
the shah of Persia. He dislikes DOMINIC
military uniform. believing that his
stoutness is not SO apparent in evening
dress.
Many sailors believe that the frigate
bird can start at daybreak with the
trade winds from the coast of Africa
and roost the same night upon the
American shore. Whether this is fact
or not has yet to be determined. bat
it is certain that the bird is the swift
est of winged creatures and is able to fly.
under favorable conditions. 200 miles an
hour.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11
Peach Cream.

Take three-fourths of a pint o,
tanned peaches and rub them through
hair sieve. Dissolve one ounce Of
gelatine in gill of the peach sirup.
separately whip one-half pint of rich
cream, and add to it the peach PURGE
and three ounces of powdered sugar.
Lastly, heat the gelatine and strip to
boiling point. and pour i: into the other
ingredients, adding at the same time
one teaspoonful of fresh lemon Juice.
and drop or two Of cochineal colorirg.
Turn the whole into a wet mold dec
Grated with fancy shapes in angelica
and crystallized cherries. and put the
mold on ice or in water until the con-
tents are firmly set. Then turn ont.
and serve in bed Of whipped cream
Boston Globe.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11

hour. says /. and great wish she must
have for him. to be pacin' the woods at
that hour!'
"'Hut!' says she, don't you be scared.
It'll all be proper, for she'll have me wild
her,
"Thin I'll be there. darlin',' says I.
You may bet on me. But me own no
ton av that meetin' is that we'll shmell
powdher before we'll get so much as a
scent av the lily And she tossed her
head.
"'I'll tell the lady he's afraid to come
widout little Mike to purtect him.
"I dunno fwhat he'll be- says I.
nor where he'll be next Chuesday night;
but where he is. little Mike will be. And
don't fail me- says I, for the joys av
life is fadin' on me-"
Mike, you've ruined me! It's like
your blazing impudence to answer my
messages for me. You will go straight
back to your girl, whoever she is, and
get another kiss, and tell her I'll be
there if I'm alive and can get there; and
you will not be with mel"
II wouldn't put me fut on that road
again tonight for the kiss av peace in
Paradise" Mike drawled.
"Then must go myself. Are you
sick? Are you afraid? What's the mat
ter with your" shouted Darcie.
I'm thin<in' what size boots the
Mountain Lily wears. bet she wears
thirteens, and the print av her fut is
studded wild nails"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11
W.-CoNTINUED.
Copyright. 1894. by Mary HalIock Foote.l

"sDoes the lady wear number nines,'
says l, an does she shmoke the Seal o.
North CarlinyP' And Civ her a wink
co long, says she; for what do you
take me?'
"'For somebody's darling says 1,
and for nobody's fool And axed her
which av her firms was wantin' Jack
Darcie. .y
"'Do you Think says she, confiden-
tial-like, that if the boys did want him
they couldn't get him?'
"'Well,' says 1, him an me is workin'
pardners; whin., they want him they
can have Mike: too. We goes by pairs,
like the cap and the fuse; if We NEEDLE
wild wan, yen likely hear from the
other
"Thin she laughed. DO you go
.sparkin' in pairs p says she. .ForI think
the lady business is not in wild the two
av yez.'" :.
mike, what are you giving me now? ?"
said Darcie. sternly.
Its Gods trut' I'm givin' We, in the
very words av her mouth-and maybe
there was kiss or two t'rown in, but
that's not for me to mintion. brung
the word straight as she gev it me-"
what lis the word? Who does
it come from?"
at comes from the parlor at the Big
Horn by the way av the kitchen, which
is not always the safest way, thinks
l, but that's no business av mine. And
whin / chatfed her about the lady,
she answered me plain. lookin' me in
the eye.
"'You'd betther not be monkeyin'
wild this message says she, there's
more in it thar. you know. And if he
thinks we're putin up game on him,
tell him this: The word is from her he
: called the Mountain Lily"
''Mike." said Darcie. flushing, II don't
know what to make of this. Are you all
right, old man-honor bright? How
many friends did you meet down at
Pegleg's saloon?'
I'm as straight as string" Mike
asseverated. "Ye know well enough
have no truck wild any O. that crowd.
Faith, 'twould be as much as my life
is worth to be seen in town wild q jag
on. By the cross-and niver take me
oath on that but I'm tellin' the trut'-
I'm givin' We the very words; and where
che got thin how should l know?
Mabby you know yourself who's your
!ily?'
where did you say was to meet
ner?'
''In a quare place entirely. yet not SO
onhandJ to the mine. On the fringe o.
the tamaracks, up the gulch. where We
: rdmarYin meet wild soul. passin' up
1er will In; and by token, there's big.
down; har standin' in a bit av clearin'
le cedar b there to pluck lilies. I'm wild We.
ye go thi dear"
rcie deshlong with your blarney! When
go alorf say was to be there?"
she sal hour is the quarest av all; be
THE hdhalf afther tin and eliven o'clock
une haljhuesday night. 'Anunwholesome
It ChueS
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-11

Biggs-How do you feel after your
Vacation?
Boggs-Well. if take good.lon1z
rest until next summer I may be ana 1
to take another vacation.-Truth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
war Amulets and CharmE

There Is not a mothers son marching
away to the southern states and prob
ably to Cuba who does not wear around
his neck, or arm, or in his pocket,
some one or two old-time safeguards
against battle, disease and sudden
death, not to speak of such common
place illnesses as toothache, earache,
bonefelons and what not, says the Chi
cago Record. Some of the queer and
more or less eficacious talismen the
men have chosen for themselves, AID
every good Catholic wears a comfort
ing scapula about his neck, but In the
majority Of cases the women have been
responsible for this outburst of super
stittous belief in the powers of the va
rious amulets.
"Of course there may be nothing at
all in wearing a potato In your pocket,
but if you would just do it for my
sake" 10 what an anxious wife says to
a rheumatic or neuralgia husband, who
she knows will have to sleep in damp
places and run all manner of risks.
Well, he usually pockets the potato,
with a shaking sort of confidence In
the humble tuber himself, while anoth-
er man submits to the wearing Of 8
tiny white silk packet hung by q rib
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10

fort in safety. The eight in front, see
Ing their ranks thus weakened and
hearing the noises of the combined at
tacks increasing moment by moment.
also lost heart as well rs courage and
turned in pursuit of their companions.
Only the four about Col. Rutledge
seemed determined to remain. They
now closed around their prisoner and
for a moment or so showed stubborn
fight. But the LEI moment. there be-
ing a rush on horseback from the
woods IN two directions, It was more
than even their nerve could stand
Wheeling their horses, they, too. Join
ed in the fight. But before turning to
flee two hands had sought to grasp the
colonel's bride reins and to compel his
horse to follow. But the steed refused
to obey.
AS the soldiers fed the boy soldiers
emerged from their coverts, yelling
and firing.
Jethro was the first to reach Col.
Rutledge. He did not wait to unite his
hands, for even then the fleeing SOL
diers. having gained a realization of
the true state of affairs. might be form
ing for a return. He caught the horse
by the bride, and, followed by the
others, dashed back toward the woods
When safely within shelter he turned
and released the colonel's arms. The
c~olonel's establishment was great when
he learned the true circumstances
that he had been rescued by a band of
boys, and very small band at that.
"Why, boys" he said, Il was like
the B~ritishers-I thought it was Ma
rion."
"But we are Marion's men. colonel
said Jethro. proudly. I'm glad you
think we have done credit to our DOM
mander.'
That you have, boys, bless you.
And" he added, softly: II feel sure
now that this old country Of ours is
going to be saved, when even the boya
show such spirit"
The colonel didn't have to live long
TO lind the fulfllment of his prophecy
nor was that the first or the last deed
OF courage performed by these brave
boy soldiers of South Carolina during
the stormy days Of 1780.-Chicago Rec
ord,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
: A DEED OF MARION'S MEN.

The sound Of horses hoofs was heard
coming down the long av ue Of live
oaks. From the appearance of the
rider it was evident that something
very exciting had happened. He was a
mere youth, not mo. than is or II
years of age. but he was as tall, strong
of limb and supple as a young ash.
His body was bent slightly forward in
the eagerness to urge his horse to re-
newed speed, but his head was we'll
up and his eyes keenly on the watch.
They glowed, too, with the fire of ex-
eitement, and his fingers were witch
Ing nervously as they handled the
reins. He was both in haste and on
the watch.
He turned suddenly from the avenue
and struck off through the myrtles TO-
ward a dense portion of the wooda. He
had gone a half mile or so, when, all
of a sudden, he stopped, threw back
his head, and gave the boot of an owl.
1t was answered.
Without further hesitation he plung-
ed on as fast as the underground
would allow. In a few minutes he had
passed through the tangle and entered
an open space. AS he did so he came
"""n what aeemed to be a camp of SOL
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-09-10
Black and Red.

1t is well known that the colored
troops in the. United States army have
proved very efficient in the strvice of
the plains and frontier. but perhaps It
is not so well known that the Indians
are more afraid of the black soldiers
than of the white soldiers. That this
is the fact is vouched for by an army
officer who has been interviewed" on
the subject by the Washington Star.
The cavalry troop to which / be-
longed," this gentleman said, soldier
ed alongside a couple of troops Of the
Ninth cavalry, a colored regiment,
during the last Sioux troubles. We
were performing chain-guard--that Is
hemming-in duty-and our task was to
prevent the Ogallalas from strayinB
from the reservation. If any Of them
attempted to pass. we had authority to
prod them with our bayonets.
The result was the white troop Of
ten had to perform the risky job OF
forcing back armed six-foot savages
with the bayonet, and there were some
very dangerous moments; but the
black troops alongside had no such
trouble. While the Indians were on
tinually crowding upon the white sol
diers. they let the blacks entirely
alone.
Moreover, the black troops obtained
from the Indians ten times as much
general obedience about the camps as
the white ones did. The Indians would
fairly jump to obey the uniformed
blacks. One day a black sergeant saw
a minor chief. who was summing him
self at the door of his tepee, send his
squaw with a couple of pals down to
the creek to get water. The black SER
geant walked up to the lazy savage and
prodded him.
LOOK aheah" he exclaimed, 'jes
shake yo' no-'count bones an go tote
dat watah yo'se'f. Yo' heah me?'
1.-THE Indian did not understand the
words, but he cemprehended perfectly
the gesture. especially when the black
man took the pals from the woman's
hands and put them into those Of hel
lord and master. He went after the
water. and at an astonishingly rapid
pace"