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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-06-09
TRUSTS AND NATIONAL PLAT.
FORMS.

A significant meeting of the
Democratic National Committee
was held at ST. Louis recently at
which the question of trusts so
far overshadowed the 16 to ques
ton az to warrant the surmise
that the financial will be second.
airy to the trust question in the
next National campaign. There
was no mention of silver in the
list of toasts which was one of
the features of the meeting.
Indications multiply that not
only the Democratic but the Re-
publican party as well is keenly
alive to the fact that in the minds
OF the people to-day it is the Ques-
ton of trusts and not that of the
finances which is uppermost. Both
parties will, without much doubt,
endeavor 10 Incorporate strong
declarations against trusts In the
next national platforms and it will
require more than ordinarily good
management 10 give either party
the advantage In the matter. The
Democratic party 10 be sure has
all the natural advantage, since It
has always opposed the policy of
high protection which more than
anything else has served to nnr.
ture the trusts, and there is upon
the whole much less identification
of its leaders with the huge indus.
trial combinations than is found
among the leaders of the Repub.
llcan party.
In the Republican County Con.
ventions so far held, Atpy-General
Taylor is largely in the lead in in.
structed votes. but his opponents,
Pratt aud Stone, claim not to be
discouraged but confident. The
Republicans hold county prima.
ries on different days in the diff.
ferent counties, whereas the Dem
Ocrats hold on the same day in
every county in the State.
The trusts must 60. Several
State Legislatures are passing rig.
id antitrust laws, and the leading
politicians are talking making this
movement the leading issue in the
Democratic National campaign.
The idea is to push this question
as the antitrust laws as passed
by the State legislatures are very
pleasing to the masses of the
Democratic districts. The trusts
must go.
THERE is o great difference be.
tween combination for the pur-
pose Of developing an industry or
lessening the merchandise and u
combination for the purpose of
floating stock amounting to two
or three times the value of the
plants and products involved, and
many of the recently organized
trusts seem to come perllously
near the st k speculation
schemes represented by the lat.
ter method Of procedure.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-06-09

The Indiana supreme court has
rendered a decision To the effect
that where woman marfies "A
man to whom she is indebted. the
marriage cancels the indebtedness
A citizen of that State lent large
sum OF money 10 "A widow, taking
notes as security. Subsequently
the two were married. aud fe W
years after the wife died. The
woman's husband presented the
notes against the estate left by
her, and, upon payment being re
fused, brought suit to recover
The court. however, decided that
he could not collect the money.
holding that the common law rule
had not been abrogated by the
statute in Indiana.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-06-09
Mark Twain's Peace Plan.

Mark Twain says that daring
his recent interview with tile En-.
peror of Austria he did not sub
init his plan for universal Ieace
because Secretary Hay had pro.
nounced it too comprehensive,
Mr.. Clemens plan for uni, .tsal
peace as presented 10 the Score.
tary of State at the time o the
meeting of the disarmament Con.
gress at the Hague was & ex.
baust all the oxygen in the air.
This, he wrote Secretary lay,
would be an absolute guarantee
of permanent peace within ra.
dins of &c, 3G2,4l2 miles around
Washington. and it is true, o, he
states in this interview, that Sec.
rotary Hay replied that tho plan
was a little too comprehend ige. -
Chicago Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE.

There was time when bicycles cost
$3.50 each. The every manufacturer
whose plant was divertible to the
manufacture of bicycles made bicycles.
Now, after six or seven years of very
active bicycle-building any one can
buy a first-rate bicycle anywhere for
$40, and a superior buyers can prob
ably supply themselves for about half
that sum- What automobiles cost at
present is best known to persons af1u-
ent enough to purchase and play with
those machines, but, reasoning by
analogy, they will soon cost very much
less, for every factory that can seems
to be making them. Carriage factor
les and bicycle factories especially all
over the country, are taking orders for
them. This year they are the toys OF
the well-to-do. By another season
they will be so spread abroad that
their value as playthings may have
lessened; but that is of small conse-
quence compared with the immense
field that seems to be opening for
transportation That they will ever be
brought "within the means of all'' is
not to be expected, but there seems to
be a good prospect that they will soon
be brought within the means of most
persons who can afford at present to
keep horses.-E. S. Martin in Harper's
Weekly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04

The Britannia commenced running
in the Liverpool and New York service
of the company in 1874, and Travelled
/ ,750, 900 miles without renewal of
engines or boilers; was under steam
114,000 hours and under way 800
hours; burned 1000 tons of coal, and
her engines up to that time had made
350,000,000 revolutions Pretty good
for ship originally pronounced I'M
lucky, and so good that the record has
never been equaled. And the Britain
mic is running yet. The luck of a ship
good or bad, depends more or less on
those who are running her.
The Daphne was slated as another
unlucky boat, and sailors wouldn't go
in her for time. She was an English
steamer, and capsized the day of her
launch, drowning 1874 persons. She
could not have done much worse if she
went down in the middle of the ocean;
as the Elem. She is as tight and COM
Portable as a drumhead today, and
hasn't met with an accident in years.
The pilot4boat Sommer N. Smith was
considered another hoodoo, because at
her launch she misbehaved, on Mem
orial day, 1896 Mrs. Margaret Plant,
widow of the steamship man, was
chosen to christen the vessel, then on
the ways of the Newport News Ship
building company. The boat listed to
port in going overheard, and the water
poured into her deck, and many
jumped overheard in fright when the
craft careened. Two persons were
drowned. 1t was the first and last mis-
hap to the boat, which has been earn
ing money ever since.
The launching of the 12,950-ton Eng
lish battleship at Blackwell on June 81
of last year was attended with the
drowning of 27 spectators, who were
swept away by the back water that
surged against the 80 feet of staging
on which they were standing
SO it is in any number of other cases,
even to Fall River liner. The mod
ern sailor does not believe all the yarns
he hears, and is not nearly as supersti-
tious as his old-time shipmates. I'm
lucky ships at the start are no longer
feared, and if anything make the most
fortunate vessels in the end.-New
York Mail and Express.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
FOREST RESOURCES.

Porto Rico was originally mantled
by forests from the level of the sea to
the summit of its mountains It is
doubtful if there was a single foot of
it's area which was not at some time
covered by tree growth, varying in
height from the diminutive mangrove
bushes, which border the seashore, to
the gigantic deciduous trees mingled
with the fronds and trunks of tower
ing palms, which add height to the
loftiest peaks and ridges. The island,
although wooded in the sense that it is
still dotted by many beautiful trees, is
now largely deforested from a CONNER
cial point of view. In January, 1899,
Robert T. Hill, geologist, United States
geological survey, made trip through
the military department Of Porto Rico.
during which he became familiar with
it's forests, and by inquiry among va
rious persons engaged in woodworking
trades obtained much information as
to the qualities and uses of the native
timbers. The results of Mr. Hills OBJ
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
THE BICYCLE FOOT.
Another III Apt to Befall the Woman
Who Rides a Wheel.

The bicycle foot is a new disease
that has been developed by women
riders this summer. It's surgical name
is traumatic fat-foot, and it is caused
by wearing the thin-soled, French
heeled boots which are fashionable
for wheeling this season, and also
from careless or incorrect mounting.
AS rule, women do not know how
to jump. They have not learned and
seem to be without the instinct which
men possess to land on their feet with
a spring, bending the knees and es-
Gaping the jolt which follows if the
knees are kept rigid. AS a conse-
quence, most women get the head
ache from jumping, and the bicycling
women, who give slight attention to
the way they get off their wheels, get
the bicycle foot. They alight on the
hard payements with unnecessary en-
ergy. The force of the blow strains the
tendons to such a degree that the
proper arch of the foot is lost It is
not done at once, but the foot is some
times months in getting out of shape
The ligaments are gradually stretched
until they cease to hold UP the arch
Thin-soled boots increase the trouble
They afford too little support for the
curved instep and do not protect the
ball from the conclusion when the
rider jumps to the ground. Physicians
recommend only calfskin boots with
low heels and heavy soles for wheel
n 10Th i+oL
nerves of the feet and cause AN ad-
ditional shock, as the heel reaches the
ground at the same moment as the
ball, which is not the case when the
foot is in normal position.
Traumatic f1atfoot is so called in dis
tinction from congenital fatfoot. It is
frequently treated as rheumatism,
which it somewhat resembles. In
fiammation of the muscles is one of
the results of the sagging ligaments.
The delicate bones, thus relieved of
their natural support, press upon the
nerves, causing intense pain.
The treatment for bicycle foot is
prolonged rest and an artificial arch.
The X-rays show whether the bones
are displaced. If they are, a plaster
cast of the foot is made, and from this
the manufacturers of surgical instru-
ments construct steel brace to fit
the instep. This is placed inside a
thick-soled boot, and must be worn an
til the strained tendons become strong
and assume their natural place.
Men are seldom afflicted with the
bicycle foot, for the reason that they
are more generally careful in the mat
ters of footwear and in dismounting.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
CANNING PEAS AND CORN.

Gather the peas when young and
tender, and proceed at once to prepare
them for the cans. Shell, wash in cold
water, drain, pack in cans, shaking
down we'll. Fill to the brim with cold
water, adjust the rings and put the
covers on loosely. Place small
plate or saucer in a kettle with a fiat
bottom, to prevent contact; then put
in the cans, separating them from each
other with q folded cloth. Fill the
kettle not quite to the top of the cans
with cold water, heat to the boiling
point and boil three hours, adding
boiling water as that in the kettle
evaporates. The kettle should be
covered from the first At the end of
three hours screw down the covers
tightly (do not in any case remove
them from the cans) and boil half an
hour longer. Then remove from the
water and as they cool give the covers
an occasional turn. To can green
corn use the corn when it is quite
tender. With sharp knife cut it
carefully from the cob, pack in glass
cans, pressing it down hard Then
proceed precisely according to the di-
rections given for peas, but boil one
hour at the last instead Of half an
hour
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
A SCOOP IN PERTH AMBOY.
How a Scarcity of Paper Helped Re-
publican's Women Editors.

The Perth Amboy Republican, which
is published weekly by the Misses
Boynton, two Vassar graduates, stole
a march on the Middlesex County DEM
ocrat, the rival newspaper of Perth
Amboy, when the news of Cashier
George M Valentines surrender
reached Perth Amboy.
When the news of the defalcation
came out both papers hustled out with
extras striving to get ahead of each
other. Honors were about even. Later
on the Misses Boynton learned that
Valentine had surrendered himself to
Prosecutor John S. VOORHEES, at New
Brunswick Their edition was off and
in the streets by that time, but the en-
terprising Vassar girls, without hesita-
ton, ordered another edition run off.
The news of the arrest of the cashier
was in type and on the press before
the young women found, to their dis
may, that they had used up their last
scrap of paper for the other edition.
why not borrow some paper from
the Democrat?" suggested their fore
man.
This idea appealed to the young wo-
men and one Of them went over to the
office of the Democrat, which is also a
weekly, with a request for some paper.
The gallant young men who run the
Democrat we're willing enough to oblige
and did not ask any questions. The
Republican has job printing annex,
and the managers of the Democrat sup
posed that the paper was needed there
until the shouts of neWsboys on the
street attracted the EDITORS attention.
Headlines made of the biggest type in
the Republican Office caught the eyes
Of the Democrats staff, announcing
that Valentine had surrendered.
The chagrined editors of the Demo-
crat now understood why the Misses
Boynton wanted paper, and had to adj
NIT themselves scooped. They decid-
ed to make the best of it, though, and
prepared to get out an extra of their
own. Directions were sent the fore
man to get ready for another extra,
while the staff busted itself getting out
copy Pretty soon the foreman ap-
peared in the sanctum.
IT guess you won't get out any more
extras today" he announced.
''Why not?" exclaimed the startled
editor in chief.
''The Republican borrowed the last
bit of paper we had in the place. -
New York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
CAPITAL AS CENTER OF CATH
OLIC EDUCATION.

In time Washington will be the great
Roman Catholic educational center OF
the United States The head of the
Franciscan order, heretofore in New
York city, is to- come to Washington
during the fall, making the third
novitiate to be located by the side OF
the Catholic university, and the new
Trinity college for women will make
the fourth. The other novitiates are
the House of the Paulist society and
the Holy Cross college, the latter the
novitiate of the University of Notre
Dame, Indiana, to be opened September
and to be dedicated in October with
elaborate ceremonies. In no section of
the United States are the Roman Cath
olics so numerous as in Washington
and the country around it. Maryland
was settled 10y the Catholics, and those
who have come after Lord Baltimore
have kept the old faith with a resolute-
ness which is quite astonishing, con-
sidering the falling away from early
religious traditions and beliefs which is
a part of the history of Protestant
colonial settlements. Had New Eng
land, for instance, been as true to pur-
itanism and the form of belief which
grew out of it as Maryland has been to
Roman Catholicism, New England
would today be the controlling spirit
of the Protestant Evangelical religious
world of the western hemisphere. In
stead of this, however, she is chiefly
distinguished in more recent religious
history as having given birth to mod
ern Unitarianism and TTniversalism, to
say nothing of agnosticism in some Of
it's more al1uring forms.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
FRANKLIN's WORDS OF WISDOM

For age and want, save while you
may, no morning sun lasts all the day.
Experience keeps a dear school, but
fools will learn in no other.
Lying rides upon debts back; it is
hard for an empty Jag to stand up
right.
Women and wine, game and deceit,
make the wealth small and the want
great.
What maintains one vice would bring
up two children.
Pillow deep while sluggards sleep; and
and you shall have corn to sell and to
keep.
Work today for you no not how
much you may be hindered tomorrow.
Keep thy shop and thy shop will
keep thee.
If you should have your business
done, go; if not send.
Foolish men make feasts and wise
men eat them.
He that by the pillow would thrive,
himself must either hold or drive.
The eye of the master will do more
work than both his hands.
Always taking out of the meal tub
and never putting in soon comes to the
bottom
Drive thy business, let not that drive
thee. Sloth makes all things difficult,
industry all easy.
When the we'll is dry they know the
worth of the water.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04

German export trade, and is especially
opportune, because a monthly maya
zine-the English Messenger
has been published in Moscow in the
interest of English trade since Novem-
Der, 1898" For the last five years our
National Association Of Manufacturers
in the United States and other trade
associations, steamship and transpor-
tation lines, have directed their efforts
toward increasing our trade with Latin
America. While / indorse all attempts
to increase our exports, believe that
an equal amount of money, time and
energy expended upon furthering our
trade relations with the great Russian
empire would prove more profitable.
Russia has not only an immensely
larger population than Latin America,
thus affording us wider market, but
the vast empire offers the best and
most profitable field for our promoters
of railway, electric and other enterpris-
es for the construction of water-works
and drainage systems, building streets
and canals, works in iron making dry
docks and harbOrs and opening mines.
Americans have the most favorable
chances to employ their capital and
skill in Russia, as the people of that
country are rather jealous of Euro
peans who figure in the role of pio-
neers, whereas they have no fear of
American assistance in developing the
resources of their country I would
recommend my countrymen to "go
east" and employ their talent, time,
money and energy in Russia, which
will return them ample compensation
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04

servations are embraced in bulletin
No. 25 of the division of Forestry Of
the United States department of agri-
culture, entitled Notes on the Forest
Conditions of Porto Rico" now in
press and soon to be issued by the de-
partment. The report contains not
only statement of the forest re-
sources of Porto Rico and the extent
of it's timber lands, but also descrip-
lions of the mountains. valleys, geol-
ogy, soils and flora of the island.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
TRADE OPENINGS IN RUSSIA.

The last pamphlet June, 1899 pub
lished by the Chamber Of Commerce at
Frankfort, contains the following:
For the purpose of fostering Ger
man trade relations with Russia, an
illustrated monthly publication has
just been founded in ST. Petersburg,
to bring to the attention of Russian
merchants and consumers the names
of German sources of supply and man
ufacturing firms. This enterprise
promises to be advantageous to the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
JIM CROW.

Oh, say, Jim Grow,
Why is it you always go
With a gloomy coat of black?
Why don't you change its hue,
At least for a day or two,
To red or green or blue?
And why do you always wear
Such a sober, somber air,
AS glum as the face of Care?
I wait for your reply,
And into the peaceful pause
There comes your curious, croaking
cry
"Oh, because! cause! 'cause!"
Oh, say, Jim Grow,
Why, when the farmers SOW,
And the corn springs pu in the row,
And the days that once were brief
Grow long and laugh into leaf,
Do you play the rascally thief?
I can see by the look in your eye
Wary and wise and sly
That you know the code in vogue;
Why will you then, oh, why
Persist in the path of the rogue?
I hearken for your reply
And into the empty pause
There rings your graceless, grating
cry
cob, because! cause! 'cause!"
And say, Jim Crow,
With all of the lore you know
Lore of the wood and field,
Lore of the clouds and the clear
Depths of the atmosphere,
To our duller ken concealed
Why is it you ever speak
With mingled squawk and squeak?
You, with your talents all.
And your knowledge of this and that,
Why must you sing like a squall,
And talk like a perfect "fat?"
I listen for your reply,
But in the lapse and the pause
All I hear is your impudent cry
ooh, because! cause! 'cause!"
-Scollard in Woman's Home Com
panion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
A SORE SPOT.

why was Mr. Sweet offended when
they asked him to impersonate the
Sand Man in the tableau?"
Gle seemed to take it as a personal
slur. You see, he's a sugar merchant. 3"
Bulletin.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-04
PASSENGER TRANSIT IN CHINA

Consul General Goodnow sends from
Shanghai, June 3, 1899, a letter to a
Chicago firm, from which the follow
ing information is extracted: this
consular district passenger transit ON
land is effected by
1. Rickshaws and Wheelbarrows pro-
PEELED by men. This is the general
method
2 In Shanghai most foreigners and
some Chinese have horse carriages.
This is limited to Shanghai, as the out
side Chinese roads are not adapted to
four wheeled vehicles.
8. From Shanghai to Woosung IA
miles, is a steam railway. The traffic
is very light and does not require
special regulations.
Transit on water is effected
1. By steamboats,.
g. By native junks with sails), lor-
chas, and boats with oars.
All transit business is in the hands
of private enterprise. The fare by
rickshaw is Is cents Mexican (7.2 cents
United States) per hour; by wheel
barrow, about cents Mexican GA
cents United States) per hour; by dom
key, 80 cents Mexican CAB cents United
States) per day; by steamer about 10
cents CAS- cents United States) per
mile, including food and lodging; by
rail, about cents GO cents United
States) per mile
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-06
TIMELY TOPICS.
Honolulu. Aug. 1S, 1899.

New Goods just arrived are now
for sale at lowest market prices, as
follows:
The celebrated Haviland Ware
from Europe.
A very large assortment OF Timed
and Enameled iron Saucepans, as.
sorted sizes.
A large invoice OF Henry Disstons
& Sons Hand Saws, Brick Trowels,
and Files, assorted sizes.
A good assortment OF Agate Ware.
Victor Hand Sewing Machines.
Wertheim Sewing Machines.
Aermotor Wind Malls, 8, 10, IL and
16 feet, the best and easiest running
mills on the Islands, use good oil
with very little care.
Force Pump to fit the above wind
mills.
Non-shrinking Redwood Tanks,
various sizes.
Anti. Caloric Sectional Pipe Cover
ings, assorted sizes.
Anti-Caloric Plaster in Bags.
Please call and examine our goods.
High prices on goods lately cuts no
figure with US.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-06
Each Machine Guaranteed
Groceries to the Fore.
In Union Is Strength, and so 1t
is in Cooperation.

The Yanco-Spanco war brought about
high prices for o time, but it has again
come down to its former level. and we are
getting our groceries as cheap as we ever
had them before. II every stakeholder In
the company were to purchase his or her
groceries from the Co.opera i've Grocery
Co, the success OF the corporation will be
assured.
Call and trade; free delivery'o all parts
OF the city.
E. TIETJENS,
Manager Palama Cooperative Grocery
Co.. Ltd, out King Street. opposite Rail.
road Central Deuot.