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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-28
Race of the Lights.

Acetylene gas has the greatest il
Illuminating power of any of the illnmi-
nants. The electric arc light stands
next, incandescent gas third and the in
candescent electric lights fourth. Gas,
oil and candles follow in the order
named. When gas was first put into
practical use in 1sc5 it was predicted
that lamps would be at once abandoned.
Yet many people still prefer lamps to
any other method of illumination.
Twenty years ago, when electric lights
were put on the market. the prophets
foresaw the immediate ruin of the gas
business. This prophecy in turn has
been falsified, though the electric light
business has grown to be one of inn
mense importance. Each new IL
luminant seems 10 make n field for IL
self, without encroaching seriously on
its older rivals.-Chicago Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-28

where the great oaken door stood wide
open, revealing . cool, dark hon be.
yond. sf fte
Three or four dogs rus he'd boisterous-
ly out, leaping up at him in an ecstasy
of canine JOY.
Mrs. Lyons will give us some tea,
I havs no doubt" he said, quieting the
dogs with word.
The hour that followed was one of the
happiest he had ever known. And the
walk back to Mrs. Dolan's in the cool
evening, with the sun sending long
shafts Of yellow light betwixt the slen-
der stems of the frs in the plantation,
and across the purple heather, was like
a glimpse of Paradise.
And the spells of sweetly dangerous
silence were sweet to both alike.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-28

It was week later, and they were
seated on the hillside where they first
met. Brian Hennessy's ipl were tell
ing the old. old story.
Il love you, Olive, beyond ALL" he
cried, fervently kissing the helpless arm
in the silken sing.
And you will forgive poor Rory
IF you ask it," he replied. gravely.
The girl smiled demurely.
'Then think. Brian. we may consid.
cr it settled. For the future shall
make my home with you in dear old
Paddy's Land. Chicago Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-28

Before he had time to reply a squirt
of fire leaped from the thicket at the
side of the road, followed by sharp re-
port, and. with a cry of agony. the girl
fell heavily against him. slipping hud-
died heap at his feet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

perhaps $4,000, yet the diner pro
ceeds with his dinner as if he were
the least interested party in the
room, for he knows that his gems are
safe
The club meets daily at the lunch
con hour in the dingy little cafe in
Hatton Garden, occupying private
rom. The expenses are SO slight that
the members, to get rid of their pro-
fits, expend them on the cuisine.
Diamond dealers may not care about
dress, but they know what a good din
ner should be like. Taken altogether,
the 1 o'clock repast of the Diamond
Club may be pronounced on the
score of quality to be the finest in the
world for the money.
All disputes are settled by com
mittee. A board of arbitration" is
formed, which hears the evidence and
gives the verdict, which the loser
abides by.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
NO STOVES IN COREA.

Stoves are not used to any extent
by the native Coreans. The Corean
method of heating is excellently
adapted to their resources and con-
ditions. In building their houses
they lay down system of flues where
the floor is to be. These fues begin
at a fireplace, which is usually placed
in an outer shed or connecting closed
alleyway. From this fireplace the
fues extend in more or less curved
direction, like the ribs of a round fan,
to a trench at the rear of the room,
which, in turn, opens into chimney,
which is usually placed some dis
lance from the house. Flat fagstones
are then placed carefully over these
f1ues, and the whole is cemented over
and finally covered with a thick oil
paper, for which the country is noted
This paper keeps smoke from entering
the room, and little straw or brush
wood, used in the fireplace for cooking
the rice, serves to heat the stone floor
and gives an agreeable warmth w441ch
lasts till the time of the next meal.
Two heatings daily tend to give the
people nice warm floor, upon which
they sit in the daytime and sleep at
night. By leaving their shoes at the
door, the inmates preserve the paper
floor, which from constant polishing
takes on a rich brown color.-New
York Press
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
A NAUGHTY GIRL.

Sometimes a child in it's fearless in
dependence has no respect for either
persons or things, as can be learned
from the following little incident that
happened the other evening in an East
End home: Little Florence, the pet OF
the household, is very naughty some
times, and when she does anything
particularly bad her mother and sis
ters tell her there is an angel that
watches over her and that she makes
this angel very sorry. Well one day
Flossie was as naughtie as she couI
be, and when her sister Kate put he,
to bed that night she told Flossie that
she had made ner mamma and every
body else feel so badly and that she
had made the dear angel so very, very
sorry, because he saw her when she
was naughty, and he always saw every
thing she did.
Flossie grew sober at this and
looked up at Kate, and Kate thought
she was going to be penitent, but Kate
was wrong. The little mischief inqutr-
ingly said:
Does the angel see everything I do,
Kate?"
Yes said her sister.
And then to her horror the child re-
marked: "Well, do wish he'd quit
a-rubberin'. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
"SUB-MISTLETOE."

The dawn Of day will usher in
A glad New-Year's beginning,
The day when all ones friends am
kin
Foreswear their dreadful SHINING.
Mabelle and I compare our VOWS
(FIer pet sins all are missing),
Though overhead are mystic boughs,
Alas, she swears off kissing!
Her lover, I, just sit and sigh,
Perplexed with doubt and SORROW
Resolves don't take effect" I cry,
Until the First tomorrow.
fain would take my lawful prize,
A kiss for every berry,
Swift as an arrow, off she flies
Alert and ever wary.
Then, with demur and blushing face
Where love and mirth are blended
She HES her to another place
Where mistletoe's suspended,
And underneath the Hateful bough
So daring she tarries,
Then murmurs, tits much better now
This has so many berries!'
Edith F. Kelley
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

Richard Croker's power as a politi-
cal leader has never been doubted, but
no $40 has ever been able to explain
it, He r. .sot a man who makes friends,
but he inspires confidence in his ability
on sight. He rarely speaks, and only
then to say yes or no. He is a splendid
listener, and takes advice from the
humblest as well as the highest. With
scarcely any education whatever to be-
gin with, he can talk when he wants
to, gracefully, coherently and gram
matically. The newspapers have been
his educators, and he is as well in
formed on contemporary affairs as any
man in the country. His black hair
and short cropped beard are more
Dlentifully streaked with gray thar
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
AT THE SILvERsMITH's.

Pretty neck clasps are enameled and
jeweled in both silver and gold.
A complete desk set contains IA
plain pieces, with gilt or enameled
borders
Colonial designs are the latest in
silver candelabra. They are made with
plain gilt or enameled borders.
An after-dinner coffee set consists
of four pieces, made in either the
octagon or colonial snaps, and is plain
silver Or silver gilt.
Among other patriotic designs in
brooches is a pin resembling a shell,
and another made of gunmetal, to rep
resent a cannon.
Another patriotic lacepin is fash
Toned like button, with the words,
Remember the Maine" arranged in a
circle. The flags denoting the sig
nal are arranged in the shape of a
star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
SPARE AS WE'LL AS SPEND.

We should never spend when we
ought to spare, especially If we have
families. One of the saddest things
I have struck in my life has been the
sight of families left destitute,
through a certain easy-going gener-
osity in the man out of whose life
they sprang, who would have every
thing of the best, trusting to his
luck to come out all right; who would
spare nothing at Christmas time, or
any other time, SO that he migEc have
things handsome, while he had not
laid up a dollar for a rainy day or for
that instant peril of death which dogs
all our doorsteps between the cradle
and the grave. Saving is so slow to
such men and so hard! ! should not
take much stock in that man who
would not close instantly with the
proposal of decent competence for
his wife and children, in exchange for
the open gates Of heaven, and the
angels waiting with a crown, if he
had the chance.
1--WE brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can carry
nothing out" the sad old Hebrew
cries | answer, Surely, surely, if
you mean mere things" but some
where with me, when / go away, l
carry tue account of what T have
done to fend for those I leave be-
hind me, and save them from the
bitter pangs of poverty, by my fore
thought, self-nedial, and clear grit,
from the day when I took maid from
her mother, and said, Trust me to
take care of you, whatever comes,
to be a house-bond to you and the
children God may give u.s." yes, even
by pushing back Christmas, if we
have to do it, and letting the BARNS
rise to find empty stockings these
hard times. Better empty stockings
today than the bitter bare winter of
poverty, if | should be taken from
them. can easily imagine how a man
would be glad to exchange his golden
harp and crown, if he could for good
6 per cent. stock, if he should find
himself in heaven sUpposing a man
could go there-when, through his
own carelessness, he has left a wife
and family of little ones without a
penny in the world.-Advice from
Rev. DR.. Robert Collyer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
KIPLING AND THE ELEPHANT.
Americans Story of the Englishman S
Kindness to a Sick Stranger.

One afternoon we went together to
the zoo, and while stTolling about our
ears were assaulted by the most mel
ancholy sound I have ever heard a
complaining, fretting, lamenting
sound, proceeding from the elephant
house.
whats the matter in there?'
asked Mr. Kipling, the keeper.
"A sick elephant, sir; he cries all the
time we don't know what to do with
him. was the answer.
Mr. Kipling hurried away from me
in the direction of the lament, which
was growing louder and more pitiful.
| followed and saw him go up close to
the cage, where stood an elephant With
sadly dropped ears and trunk. He was
crying actual tears at the same time
that he mourned his lot most audibly.
In another moment Mr.. Kiping was
right up at the bars, and I heard him
speak to the sick beast in a language
that may have been elephantese, but
certinly was not English. Instantly
the whining stopped, the ears were
lifted, the monster turned his sleepy
little suffering eyes upon his visitor
and put out his trunk. Mr.. Kipling
began to caress it, still speaking in the
same tone and in words unintelligible
to me, at least After a few minutes
the beas- began to answer in much
lower tone of voice, and evidently re-
counted his woes. Possibly elephants,
when "enjoying poor health" like to
confide their symptoms to sympathiZ-
ing listeners as much as do some nu-
man invalids. Certain it was that Mr..
Kip1ing and that elephant carried on
a conversation, with the result that
the elephant found his spirits much
cheered and improved. The whine
went out Of his voice. He forgot that
he was much to be pftied; he began to
exchange experiences with his friend,
and he was quite unconscious, as was
Mr.. Kipling, of the amused and inter-
ested crowd collecting about the cage.
At last, with start, Mr. Kip1ing found
himself and his elephant the observed
of all observers and beat hasty re-
treat, leaving behind him very diff
ferent creature from the one he had
found. Doesn't that beat anything
you ever saw" calculated compa-
triot of mine, as the elephant trumpet
ed a loud and cheerful good-by to the
back of his vanishing visitor, and I
agreed with him that it did.
"What language were you talking
to that e1ephant?" I aske him when
I overlook my friend.
Language? What do you mean?"
he answered with laugh.
"Are you Mowgli?" persisted,
"and can you talk to all those beasts
in theirown tongues?" but he only
smiled in reply.-The Argonaut.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

when he was Tammany's active leader,
years ago, but his short, compact fig
ure has the same quiet, dominating
strength that always characterized it.
OF recent years Croker has been q
conspicuous figure on English racing
courses. Six years ago he was not sup
posed to be worth $4,000. Now MS
wealth is rated at a million; and no
one nows how or where he got it, al
though when Tammany was in abso-
late control of the city, years ago, it
was estimated that fully S6,000,000 a
year passed through the hands of Mr..
Croker as chairman Of the finance
committee. So implicit was the faith
OF the members in his management
that never a question was asked about
it. He is s. years old now, and when
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

up for himself on the Billybong
River with his savings. Drought killed
his herd and drove him to despera-
pertinent and go to cattle keeping ION
thirds for others, system which
gives all the risk and most Of the pro-
fit to the capitalist.
Even this required some capital,
however, and to secure the money he
needed Tyson set out to cross 200
miles of wild scrub to get G5 which
Sir John Hay owed him. He had one
shilling and food for three days. This
was his fortune.
Then the food failed, but Tyson
was not one of those who, ''in the
faith of little children, laid down and
died" Feeding his great hunger
upon grass and roots he forced him
SCI along. In the wastes he babbled
of green fields. He grew light-headed,
sang hoarsely, played strange pranks
all by himself. At last, as much by
ment but of business as well. A gem
tleman attired in clothes perhaps not
worth a sovereign, but worth his
100000 for all that, is discussing
his dinner. There enters to him an
other shabby genteel gentleman, who
whispers something in his ear, where
upon the diner hands the newcomer
a paper bag, which, on being emptied
on a table near the window at the
other end of. the room, proves to con-
tain diamonds of exceeding size and
luster.
That the committee is able to delve
into a mans past is shown by the
utter unconcern of the owner. His
diamonds are being passed around the
room. Nothing would be easier than
for some one to secrete a stone worth
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

boiling, are to be domesticated, so to
speak, and this useful service is to be
performed by the Morley Fletcher
wave-poWer system of London. That
Mr.. Fletcher who holds high position
in the engineering profession, had de-
vised an apparatus for the utilization
of the power Of the tides was first
made public in the early part of 1897.
He has continued to experiment with
the wave motor, in the face of cOnsld-
cradle encouragement in the shape OF
one or two shipwrecks which involved
the buoy and the vessel to which it
was attached, but, it is said, has now
succeeded in bringing his invention to
a point where it's value to mariners in
foggy weather is undoubted. The
wave power is used in connection with
buoy. The buoys are of two types,
one of which is known as the fog horn
buoy and the other as the electric
buoy The fog horn buoy we illus
trate. The action of the sea is utilized
in such a manner as to blow desired
blasts through fog-horn by means OF
the compression and release of air into
and from suitable alright chamber
forming a portion of the buoy, this
chamber being charged by means of
pump actuated by the movement of the
sea. In the electric buoy this pump
ing action is made to keep dynamo in
motion, and generate a current. The
electric current thus generated may be
used to feed lamp upon the buoy, or,
as suggested by Fletcher, may be used
to charge the accumulation of an cleo
trio launch. The principal feature OF
Mr.. Fletcher's device is the fact that
all the apparatus is contained within
the buoy itself, thus getting rid, at one
stroke, Of the great difficulty in pre-
vious wave motors-i. e., the c0nnec-
ton with the shore. 1t is easy to see
that this idea may be extended to the
motion of a vessel at sea, and that the
rise and fall of the hull upon the waves
"a motion which derives it's origin en-
tirely from outside sources-may be
used in connection with the proper
storage device to provide for much OF
the work now performed at the ex-
pense of much combustion of fuel
Modern Machinery.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
CORA MANsUR's CHOICE.

Cora Mansur, who was given a YER
dict of $4,000 in a suit against the
West End railway, was ordered yes
terday by Judge Blodgett, in the SUI
perior court at Boston, to return all
in excess of $500, on penalty of hav~
ing the verdict set aside and a new
trial granted. The suit was brought
for $4,000 damages for personal in
juries sustained by the plaintiff on
May 16, 1897, while she was riding
son of being run down by car of the
defendant The defendant claimed that
the verdict was against the evidence,
the law, and was excessive.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
RICHEST CLUB IN EXISTENCE.
Exclusive Diamond Club That Flour
ishes in London.

The richest and most exclusive club
in the world is the Diamond Club of
London. 1t is also one of the most
curious The members are the great
diamond merchants of London.
The qualifications for membership
are not those which find favor in the
swell West End clubs of London.
Birth counts for nothing and dress
for less. In fact, were one of the
members of the Diamond Club seen
disporting himself in the raiment af-
fected by the young bloods of May
fair it is safe to say that his fellow
members would regard him with the
greatest suspicion.
Every candidate for admission is
examined by a committee on adm1s-
sions, which inquiries infinitely into
his past, and no man has ever been
admitted whose career or reputation
has been smirched in the smallest de-
gree. For this reason the members
have the utmost confidence in each
other and all are friends.
AS few members have offices, the
club is not only a place of refresh
deemed himself unworthy to WOO
where his Grant love had flown.
Tyson was literally born in the
bush and worked as farmland, do
ing wonderful feats with his gigantic
strength. He saved his money and
went to hill station to herd bullocks,
in constant danger of his life from
black fellows. He was grimly deter
mined to succeed.
After some years of toll he ''set
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

was proved. In the regime of John
Kelly Croker was his most trusted lieu
tenant, and when Kelly died Croker
assembled the Tammany throne, where
since his power has really never been
questioned. He came back from Lon
don after greater New York was born
and picked out r. A. Van Wyck for the
mayoralty. His success in this episode
emboldened him to try next to name
the governor, and another Van Wyck
was found only to be beaten by the
boisterous Roosevelt.
Croker has the chin of Grant, sharp
eyes, a strong will, a firm grasp, plaus-
ible manners and strong shoulders. At
times he can appear dudish. He is al
ways good dresser.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
RiChardm
@CrOker

he cast his first vote for General
George B. Mcclellan, he was cooper
earning less than $40 a week The
only public office of Importance he ever
held was that of city chamberlain, and
although this paid him $4,000 year
as custodian of the city's finances, he
resigned it.
Mr. Croker has been politician all
his life, and he has seen some big up
heavals in Tammany hall. He was a
ward worker in the roseate days OF
Boss Tweed, and in those times New
York politics were desperate things to
NEEDLE with. Killings were frequent,
and one day the killing of man was
fastened on Croker. He spent some
time in the Tombs, but his innocence
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
A BARGAIN.

"Do you think it's true that every
man has his price?" asked the heiress.
"I'm sure I don't know" he an
swered, thoughtfully, "but If you want
a bargain you needn't look any fur
Their" -Chicago Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23
AN INDUSTRIOUS VOLCANO.

The most active volcano in the
world is Mount Sangay, 1850 feet
high, situated on the eastern chain OF
the Andes, South America. 1t has
been in constant eruption since 1928.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

Most of the railroad stations in
Russia are about two miles from the
towns which they respectively serve.
This is a precaution against fire, as
many of the Russian dwellings are
matched with straw.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

heard in it. 4 quartet sang impress
sively Crossing the Bar Inc services
were conducted by the Rev S. M. New
man o. the First Congregational
church. assisted by d. Couden. chap
lain of the house. / was very sim
pie service. Rev. Newman reviewed
briefly the great career OF the dead
statesman and concluded with a feeling
tribute to "the devoted husband and
father, loving brother and friend, loyal
and true-hearted' citizen and legisla-
tor and fearless and faithful statesman
and leader of his party"
When all had departed save the
members Of the house, Mr.. Boutelle
(rep., Me.) moved that the house ad-
journ as a further mark of respect
The motion was adopted and accord
ingly at 1855 p. m. the. speaker de
clared the house adjourned The body
lay in state in the hall of the house
until shortly before the time for the
departure of the special train which
conveyed the remains and party tC
Lewiston. 1t was then conveyed &c
the Pennsylvania station whence the
train departed at 4:10 p. m.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

The convention of the Modern
Woodmen lodges at Racine elected del
egates to the state camp to be held at
Oshkosh as follows: Judge E. B. Bel
den, Racine; Edward E. Mills, Bur
lington; William Moore, F'ranksville
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-23

Washington, Jan. 18.-Almost tne
entire session of the senate was devot-
ed to consideration of the pending
Nicaraguan canal bill. Speeches were
made in support of the measure by
Messrs. Chiffon (dem., Tex.) and
Turner rep, Wash.) and in opposi-
ton to it by Mr.. Spooner (rep., Wis.)
>he first vote reached was on an
amendment offered by Mr.. Rawlins
rep, Utah) which, in brief, provided
that the United States should have alb
solute control Of the canal for military
or naval purposes, with power to die
tate the use of the waterway during
the existence of war Friends of the
pending bill rallied against the amend
ment and it was defeated by the de-
cisive vote of 38 to 8. A provision was
inserted in the bill providing that no
more than S5,000,000 should be paid to
the Maritime Canal company for its
concession and work already done on
the canal. When adjournment was
taken the substitute measure offered
by Mr.. Caffery (dem., La was before
the senate.