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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-10
TIMELY TOPICS

Honolulu, October 8, 1899.
A We'll selected stock with a good as
sortment of goods are both the buyers
and sellers delight.
We have just received a large assort-
naDt Of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-10
HONOLULU STOCK EXCHANGE.

Morning Session-Sales: Between
boards, 100 Kihei, 1885, seller seven
days.
Sales On the board, 500 Olaa, so;
100 Olaa. so; $50 Kihei, 49, 100 Kihei,
10; 100 Kihei, 10; 80 Kihei, 10; 100 XII
hei, 1880; 200 Kihei, 1850; 5 Kihei, 1925;
100 Kihei, 10; 100 Kihei, 10; Kihei,
10; 10 Oahu, 1872; Ookala, POPS; 100
Kihei 10; 100 Kihei 49,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-10
Savings Department.

Ordinary and Term Deposits received
and Interest allowed in accordance
with rules and conditions printed in
pass books copies Of which may be had
upon application.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-10
CLAUS sPRECKELs. VIM. G. IRWIN.
Claus SpreCkelS & Go.
BANKE RS.

HONOLULU, H. L.
San Francisco Agents-The Nevada
National Bank of San Francisco.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCO-The Nevada Ma
tional Bank of San Francisco.
LONDON-The Union Bank of London,
Ltd.
NEW YORK-Amerlcan Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
CHICAGO-Merchan National Bank.
PARIS-Credit Lyonnais.
BERLIN-Dresdner Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA-The
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank of New Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER-Bank
of British North America.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received. Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits Issued. Bills of Ex-
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
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BANK Of HAWAII. LTD.
JUDD BUDDING, FORT sT.
In corporated Under the Laws Of the
Republic of Hawaii
CAPITAL, $50. S4OO,OOO.O0
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Chas. M. Cooke President
L. Z. Jones'. ........... Vice. President
=. ii, Cooke .................... Cashier
+. c. Atherton Assistant Cashier
Directors-Henry Waterhouse, Tom
May, F. w. Macfarlane, e. d. Tenney,
]. A. McCandless.
Solicits the Accounts of Firms, Cor
porations, Trusts, Individuals, and will
promptly and carefully attend to all
all business connected with banking
entrusted to 1t. Sell and Purchase For
eign Exchange, Issue Letters of Credit.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-10-10

Exchange bought and sold Letters
Credit issued on all parts of the world.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-06
y WIKTOR HUGO.
POWlESC.
TOM l.
(Ci& dalssy)

,Rozpytywalam brata o rodzine Faux, o kt6rej
pragniesz cos sic dowiedzieG. Wiesz, &c dobrs ma pa
Jest to bardzo staroaytna normandzka rodzina. PisG.
set lat temu zyli Raul Faux, Jan Faux i Tomasz
Faux. szlachta, a jeden z mich byl panem Rochefortu.
Ostatni, Guy Stefan Alexander, byl dow6dcs puiku
ka, poslubila Adrjana Karola Grammonta, para Fran
eli, pufkownika gwardji francuzkiej jeneraia lett.
nanta wojsk. Pisze sic Faux, Fauq i Faoug.
,Dobra PAM, p~olecamy sic "a posrednictwem two,
jem, modlom waszego swistobiwego kuzyna kardyna'
Ia. Co do drogiej Sylwji, uznajs, ae bardzo dobrze
zrobila, IL kr6tkich chwil, jake prey tobie spedzie
moze, ME tracila ma pisanie do mnie. Zdrowa jest pra-
cuje stosownie do twych zycze1, kocha mnie zawsze.
Czegoz wiecej pragnac mogse Dosyc mi ma tenn, &c
przez ciebie ~przys}ala mi sl6wko pamieci. Zdrowie
mole niezle, mimo to chudne coraz bardziej. Bsdz
zdrowa, papier kohczy sic i MUSIC sic pozegnac. Ty.
STAG zyczeh Zafaczam.
Baptysta".
nP. S. Synowiec tw6j jest przesliczny. Wiesz, &c
wkr6tce bsdzie miaa pist lat. Wczoraj ujrzawszy ko-
MIA, ktoremu ~nalozono nadkolanka, wciaz pytal Go
on ma ma kolanach?" Miluchne dziecko. Maly brat
jego ciagnie miotls Pc pokoju zamiast powozu i VIOLA:
Jak widzimy z listu tego, obie kobiety umialy ma.
gisc sic do usposobienia biskupa, z tym jenjuszem
wiasciwym kobiecie, kt6ra lepiej rozumie meaczyzns,
nz on sam siebie pojmuje.
Biskup, PREY calej swojej ~prostocie i lagodnosci,
kt6ra 60 ME opuszczaia nigdy, dokonywai niekiedy
rzeczy wielkich, smiafych i wzniostych, a dokonywai
JaKguyDy DeZWleonle. One CRAZY, ale ZostaWlafy go
W spokoju. Czasami PAM Magloire pr6bowaia zrobic
mu uwage jaka, pred dokonaniem czynu, ale nigdy
podczas Tub potem. Nigdy ME przeszkadzano mu ami
jednem slowem, ami znakiem aadnym, wtenczas kiedy
dzialal. W pewnych chwilach czuly, re dziala jake
biskup i ME potrzebowal i'm tego przypominac, a mo.
be nawet sam ME zdawaf sobie z tego sprawy; na6w-
czas zamieniafy sic W diva cienie przesuwajsce sic pc
domu. Posiugiwaiy mu bernie, i jezeli posfusze6.
stwem mona nazwac u~suniecie sic z pred oczu, mi.
kaly. u p~rzedziwna delikatnoscia i~nstynktu wiedzia-
~, ze W pewnych razach troskliwosc zawadza. To tez
nawet w~6wczas, kiedy ssdzily, ze jest W niebezpie-
~czehstwie, o lyle r~ozumiafy, ME movie myA jego, ale
nature, &c ME czuwaly mad MIN. Polecaiy 60 Bogu.
Zreszta, jak widzielsmy z listu, Baptysta m6wila,
BE smierc brata bedzie jej smiercia. PAM Magloire ME
m6wila tego, ale wledziala o tenn.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-06

Biskup wobec nieznanego sobie swiatia.

w czasie cokolwiek ptzaiejszym cd daty listu,
kt6rysmy przytoczyli, biskup odwazyl sic ma rzecz
jeszcze niebezpieczniejsza, zdaniem calego miasta, cd
owej przechadaki W CORY, zajste przez b~andytow.
w pewnej osadzie ~nieopodal D. zy} samotnie ia.
kis czfowiek. Cz}owiek ten, powiedzmy nawiasem,
byl to dawny cz}onek Konwencji. y J Nazywaf sic G. W
malym swiatku ID. m6wiono o MIN z rodzajem zgrozy.
Konwencjonista, prosze sobie wyobrazic! Zyl "a CA
sow, kiedy wszyscy m6wilid do siebie ,,ty"i wzajemnie
mianowali sic obywatelami. Czlowiek ten byl prawie
potworem. Me glosowal "a smiercia kr6la, ale ME
wiele do tego b~rakowalo. Byl to prawie kr6lob6jca,
cziowiek straszny niegdys. Dlaczego "a powrotem
dem3 Me ucistooy mu giowy, MECH tax bsdzie;
poblazanie jest potrzebne, zgoda ma to; ale jest pre-.
Gle wygnanie ma cafe zycie. Niechze bylby przyklad
jakis! Zreszta by} to ateusz, jak wszyscy jemu po-
dobni ludzie. Plotki gasek o sspie.
By}ze on W istocie sepem, 6w G.? TAX; iezeli
wnosic z dzikiej samotnosci, W jakiej Ay}. Poniewaz
ME gfosowaf ma smierc kr6la, ME umieszczono 90
pIzeto ma liscie os6b skazanych ma wygnanie i m6gl
pozostac we Francji.
Mieszkai o trey kwadranse drogi cd miasta, ida.
la cd wiosek i dr6g, W jakims zapadlym, dzikim "a
kstku doliny. Mai tam, jak powiadajs. kawaiek pc
la, a ma mieszkanie dziure, jaskinie. Ami s~asiadow,
AMI przechodniow. Cd czasu, jak zamieszkal W tel do.
LIME, dr6zka, prowadzsca do niej, porosla trawa. o
tenn miejscu m6wiono jak o siedzibie kata.
Jednakze biskup myslal o MIN niekiedy zwracal
wzrok sw6j W strone, gdzie kspka drew wskazywala
dolins starego konwencjonisty, i m6wil do siebie:
Jest tam dusza co zyje samotna". l W duchu doda.
wall ,Powinienem go odwiedzic".
Ale musimy wyznac, mysl ia ma razie naturalna,
w~ydawaia sic po chwilowym namysle jakgdyby div.
ma, niemozliws, prawie w~stretna. w gruncie BOWEN,
chociaz ME zdawal sob:e z tego jasno sprawy, dziell
usposobienie ogolu, j dawny czlonek Konwencji bu.
dzi W MIN owo uczucie, kt6re jest iakgdyby granics
nienawlsci, a ktore tax dobrze maluje wyraz: odraza.
A jednak, czyz pasterz ma unikac owieczki ola.
tego, ze ia jest zarazona2 Me. Ale jakaz to owiecz.
w czssts wielkiej rswolucjI .francurkiej, gdy m~onarcbja
Iostsfs o5slons. rrsdzl Fraucjs cd FL wrzesnis 1892 do 26
Pszdsierniks 1885 1. rial nsrodowy pod nsEvs Konwsncji Ma.
rodowei. Crionkowie Jego L powodu s~yOh 1asad ~skrsjnyOh !
volnomyslnosci uwsasni byh pre-. arystokrscje duchowish.
stwo "a potworov krwioasrosyeh. Konwsncja skszaia ns imierc
kr6la Ludwiks XVI.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-06

y Rjbsk jestem.
~ Marat, Robsspierrs | DAntoa :
wsnoji.
$50 Bossust, biskup ! siynny pisar'
modfy dEiekcIynoe, gdy kvol Lu lwik y
wsnis protsstsntow drsgonsdy.
(pslszy oisg nasssl
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
STARBEAMS.

The hens in this country seem to be
kept pretty busy. Calico print works
use 100000 dozen eggs per year, wine
CHARTERS use 100000 dozen, the
photographers and other industries
use many millions, and these demands
increase more rapidly than the call for
eggs for table use.
During the entire summer until late
in the autumn large black hunting
spider (Lycosa) dwelt in my piano,
says DR.. Weir in his Dawn of Reason.
When I played andante movements
softly she would come out on the music
rack and seem to listen. Her palpi
would vibrate with almost inconceiv-
able rapidity, while every now and
then she would lift her anterior pairs
of legs and wave them to and fro and
up and down. Just as soon, how
ever, as I commenced march or
galop she would take to her heels and
flee away to her den somewhere in the
interior of the piano, where she would
sulk until I enticed her forth with
''Traumerei'' or Handlers Largo"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
HIS REVENGE.

One of Detroit's business men, who
has a delightful summer home on the
top of a hill between Birmingham and
Pontiac, tells of an experience he had
last season:
when out there I always take a
nap after my noon meal No tropi-
cal resident thinks more of his siesta.
One afternoon I was awakened by a
loud shouting at the front gate, which
is at least 600 feet from the house. I
went to the front door, rubbing my
eyes and badly out of temper. What
do you want?' I called called out
sharply to the man, who sat coolly
astride his horse, as though I had no
rights that he was bound to respect.
Haven't you seen a stray dog pass
here in the last hour?'
",tNo!' I snapped, and turned back
into the house. Here the thought
and inspiration for revenge seized me
simultaneously. I hurried to the
kitchen, grasped the big dinner horn,
returned to the porch, waited till my
tormentor was at the top of the OPP
posite hill, half mile away, and then
blew blast that seemed to echo from
the horizon. He turned to see me
wave towel over my head, and,
recognizing the signal, dashed reck-
lessly down the hill, spurred his horse
to the top of the bluff on which I live,
and fairly threw him on his launches
at the gate. Did you recall seeing
him after ALP he ha1loed.
ooh, no. I answered pleasantly, ]
just wanted to know whose dog he
was
''I don't think that I ever heard any
other man swear so fuently. DE
trOit Free Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
A MONGOLIAN MURMUR.

"My luck is changed" said the heather
Chinee;
Unhappy I am as l can be;
Misfortune has come to the tribe of All
Sin.
My name was L YAM but it's changed
To Has Bin
''I was a sly gamester, a leader in fame,
Save when Russia and England came
into the game.
I tried to hold out few cards, but
alack!
Before the play started they'd gone
through the pack.
"I invented gunpowder, as Europe will
own,
But I heartily wish I had let it alone;
And I know when I hear distant echo
ing shots
They're dividing my land into more
corner lots.
'"The great flaming dragon. as yeals
drifted by,
Has changed to a tightening bug, harm
less and shy;
So I sadly confess mid the STRIFE ant
the din,
That my name once L YAM has beer
changed to Has Bin
Washington Star
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
HOW TWO BRAVE MEN DIED.

A flying column of British and Amer
lean marines and bluejackets and
some friendly natives had been push
ing farther and farther inland along
the bush roads, and day after day
passed without any opposition. We
were beginning to think that there
was no fight in the rebels, when sud
denly on April 1, our small force was
attacked by about a thousand Mataafa
warriors, cleverly painted in ambush
on the German plantation of Vailele.
The attack came first from the rear,
and almost simultaneously came firing
all along the left line, as we'll as from
the front. The colt automatic gun
which the Americans had with them,
and which was capable of firing $50
rounds a minute, was brought quickly
to bear by Lieutenant Lansdale, but it
the enemy poured into the column from
three sides, so that our men could find
no shelter even behind the cocoanut
trees with which the plantation is
studded. Several men dropped under
the hot fire of the enemy, and Lieu
tenant Lansdale, the executive officer
of the Philadelphia, had his leg shat
tered by rebel bullet while endeavor-
ing to fix UP the disabled gun. Some
of the officers and men wanted to
charge, but that would have been Of
little avail. Indeed, a charge would
have probably meant the surrounding
of the whole force, and the cutting off
Of the only line of retreat. And SO the
British and the Americans fought on
shoulder to shoulder, till it became
obvious that safety lay only in retreat.
Lansdale and brave Ensign Monaghan
by some means or other got left behind.
They were probably lost sight of in
the trees or long grass of the planta-
ton. For time a sailor was with
them, but his ammunition was ex-
hausted, and Lansdale, now badly
wounded, asked his comrades to save
Themselves The sailor went, but Mon
Afghan refused to bulge, and con-
tinued to help along his superior Off
GER whose leg was shattered. The rest
is soon told. They found his body
next day, not far from Lansdale's.
Both had their heads cut off. Be
tween the two lay dead Mataafa war
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
is HE A WIZARD?

Here is yarn that has been picked
up by the Society for Psychical Re
search. DR.. R. w. Felkin, who had
accompanied Emin Pasha on a tour
through Uganda and adjacent terri
tory, is responsible for it. He says
that some time last year his party had
got back to Lado about a thousand
miles south of Khartum, and that he
had been without letters from Europe
for year. Naturally he was inlpa-
tient for tidings. In that part of Africa
he had often come across wizards who
pretended to transform themselves in
to lions or other animals at night, and
to travel immense distances in this
guiSe. They also assert that they ac-
Quire information at such times about
stolen cattle and other lost property.
DR.. Felkin says that, although he has
these alleged feats, he had a chance to
verify one of their stories.
One morning after his arrival at
Lado a man came to his tent, evidently
in great excitement, and said that the
local wizard, or "m'logo," had been
roaming about the country the night
before in the form of a jackal. Dur
ing his rambles the "m'logo" had
visited Meschera-el-Rek, fully $50
miles away, between Lado and Khar-
tum. The wizard declared that two
steamers had just arrived at this point,
and had brought mails. He also de-
scribed infinitely the appearance of an
English officer accompanying the boats
DR.. Felkin ridiculed the story. But
Emin Pasha took the thing more seri-
ously. He directed that the wizard be
brought before him, ana questioned the
fellow.
Where did you go last night"
II was at Meschera- el-Rek."
What we're you doing there?"
II went to see some friends"
''What did you see?"
Il saw two steamers arriving from
Khartum."
ooh, this is nonsense. You could
not possibly have been at Meschera-e l
REX
81 was there" the wizard replied.
emphatically. "And with the steamers
was an Englishman-a short man with
a big beard
well, what was his mission?''
He says that the great pasta at
Khartum had sent him, and he has
some papers for you. He is starting
0vnr1ond +o M c,.rOru b,,iyo 1i,, ~ +I,o no
pers with him, and he will be here
about thirty days from now"
DR.. Felkin says that thirty-two days
later the Englishman did arrive at
Lado, and that he brought letters for
the party. The newcomer was Lupton
Bey. OF the wizard Lr Felken says
that he is satisfied that the man was
never outside his native village in his
ife.-NeW York Tribune
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
GOLD ALL AROUND US.

Rare as gold appears to be to those
who seek for it, it is nevertheless one
of the most widely diffused of the
metals It exists in an amount which
the skilled chemist can trace in nearly
all the older rocks, and in the newer
strata which are derived from them:
1t is indeed most likely that if the
reader of these lines could possess
himself of all this metal which lies in
the earth within the distance of q
mile from were he stands he would
have a larger store than has ever
blessed any placer miner as a reward
of Iifetime's toll The distribution
is yet wider, for it extends to the sea
the waters of which contain every
where uniformly small trace of this
substance, amounting, it is true, to but
a few cents in a ton of the fluid, but
enough to warrant the assertion that
the oceans hold more of this precious
metal, as we'll as of it's companion,
silver, than ever will be touched by
the hand of men. The propellers of
the ships which convey the throngs
to the Yukon will be likely to- stir
more gold than the miners picks dis
turb in it's rich fields.-Youth's Com
paniOn
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
A Story of SteriIity,
SUFFERING AND RELIEF.
LETTER TO MRS. p1NxHAM NO. 6o,186J

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ago I began having such dull, heavy
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were profuse and painful, and was
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stefan, but received no benefit and
could not become pregnant. Seeing
one of your books, wrote to you tell
ing you my troubles and asking for
advice. You answered my letter
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that cannot praise Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound enough.
now find myself pregnant and have
begun it's use again. cannot praise
it enough. "-MRs. CORA gibson, YATES,
MANIsTEE, MICH.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
THE WATERFALL.

TinkIe, tinkIe!
Listen we'll!
Like fairy silver bell
In the distance ringing,
Lightly swinging
In the air;
Ills the water in the dell
Where the elfin mistress dwell,
Failing in a rainbow sprinkle,
Dropping stars that brightly twinkle
On the darkling pool below,
Making music so;
'Tis the water elves who play
On their lutes of spray.
Tinkle, tinkle!
Like fairy silver bell;
Like pebble in a shell;
Tinkle, tinkle!
Listen we'll!
Frank Dempster Sherman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
ANXIOUS TO HELP A KING.
rhis PARTY" Suspicious of too Man.
Well-Meant Requests.

He was very heavy-set young man
with a purple necktie and fine linen of
variegated design. In spite of the fact
that he wore diamonds he was not
proud. A very dignified gentleman
was sitting beside him in the street
car He looked up in surprise as he
heard himself addressed:
"Say, beau, who's this fellow King
Oscar?''
Il beg your pardon-I don't quite
understand"
king Oscar. Who is he? Put me
next"
II haven't the honor of acquaintance
with any royal personages, was the
freeing rejoinder and the sedate gen
tleman turned to look at the scenery
cav, that's oil right. I don't mean
for you to take me on your arms and
go up to Oscar and say, Here King, is
my long-lost friend He's dearer to
me than four aces in game of
penuchle. Ask him to dinner, king, for
my sake I know you're a good fell
low and you'd do it all right if I asked
you, but [ wouldn't have the nerve
I'm awful timid. Just tell me who ne
is"
why he's the King of Sweden"
"Geddup, beau. Get move of your
guidebook. That amt enough. What
kind of party is he? Is he all right?"
why he's all right, so far as I
know"
'Has he any friends?"
Certainly"
"Well I'd like to put him next Some
body's layin' for Oscar to give him a
tricky twist and get both shoulders on
the mat. I have noticed it time and
again; whenever there's any excite
ment, some one pipes UP for King Oscar
to come off the throne a minute and
umpire the game. Nobody asks for
anybody else. What do you think of
that?"
Nothing"
well, it's worth thinking about
You know what happens to the umpire
sooner or later believe there's some
body in that outfit who is prejudiced
against Oscar simply because he is a
SWede. "-Washington Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
HIS REASON FOR RETIRING.

The street faker who sold a perfect
panacea for every pain on the street
was resting between his afternoon and
evening services and was doing little
talking in retrospect.
Il wasn't always in this business, y
he said, ''for my real taste was in the
dramatic line, and I made my first
appearance as Wezzooski, the Wonder
full Wizard, doing my act under roof
and on real stage, or as often that
way as the towns I struck were fixed
for it. I don't know that I made any
more money than in the present line,
but was in love with my art, and I
could afford to make less. What is
money to man welded to his art?"
and the late wizard laid his hand on
his bosom and looked up at the cell
ing.
"But was not permitted to follow
the inclination of my nature" he went
on. 'It is nearly always so, you know,
in the higher walks of life; in the
purely ideaal, as it were One of my
acts, which was, indeed, the star turn
of the whole layout, was the famous
gun act, in which I let any person in
the audience shoot at me from the rear
end of the hall and I caught the bullet
in my teeth and spat it out in a plate
entirely unframed. 1t had always
been so successfully performed that I
had follen in love with it and made it
the grand finale of the show.
Zone night in a kentucky town,
where there was lot of men who were
crack shots, I made such a success that
| was asked to give another perform
ance the next night, and f1attered by
the attention, I did so. When the
great gun act came around a tall,
slab-sided man said he would like to
shoot the gun. I was perfectly will
ing that he should do so, and after
carefully loading the weapon in the
sight of the audience, letting one and
all see that I put the bullet into the
gun and rammed it hard home-it was
the ramming, you know, that smashed
the bullet, made for the purpose, and
| rendered it into harmless Dust
handed it to him and took my place to
receive the shot. At the command he
| fired, and as he did SO thought some
body had stuck a red-hot poker
| through my ear, and I clapped my
head and took it away covered with
blood. The curtain went down with
a rush and | took a faint for the next
fifteen minutes. When | came to the
tall man was standing in the crowd
around me.
Here, stranger he said, sticking a
$40 bill into my hand, I guess you've
got right to that much, anyhow. You
see, I bet Judge Jones $50 1 could
plug you through the ear, and I done
it easy. You ought to be glad we
didn't bet on your windpipe er your
spinal colyum.'
"Of course he had slipped a bullet
in on me, and being a crack shot, it
| didn't turn out SO bad, but the more I
thought of it the more I felt like not
giving some awkward chap a chance
to gamble in that same way, and I cut
the act out. But the people wouldn' t
have me without it, so I gave up the
whole thing and took up my present.
line. ''-Washington Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07

rior. Two other dead men lay near;
and Lansdale, in addition to his shat
tered leg, had now a bullet through
his heart 1t was easy to read the
story. The brave yonug ensign, sur
rounded by the rebels, fought till the
last, and not till his comrade was shot
dead did he think of retreat. And
have no manner Of doubt that it was
his rife or revolver that had accounted
for the three dead Samoans who lay
near. The American navy lost two
brave officers, but the American nation
in history.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07
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library returns from the various most
important centres in the country.
From an inquiry of this sort we learn
that fiction still holds the first place
in the affections of renders. The
novel is still a most powerful in
f1uence for evil or for good. At least
IS per cent. Of the books which are
taken from libraries in the ordinary
course Of events are novels.-London
Mail.