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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
THE DAYS BETWEEN.

These are the days that lie between
The brown of winter in the wane
And springtime's coming glow ofgreen.
The silent trees are gray and bare,
And not a oud is showing, yet
We know the folded leaves are there.
Today the air is cold and fierce,
And skies are gray; the bitter winds
AS kcenly as an arrow pierce.
Tomorrow comes, the winds are mild,
And all the deep, blue skies are like
The soft eyes of a little child!
Annie Landreth Perkins.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
FOREHEADS AND EYES.
Some Ways in Which Character Is In
dicated There

head justly proportional to the
rest of the body shows steadiness and
force of character; too large, it gen
orally indicates grossness and stupid
ity, too small, feebleness and ineptitude
of mind, if not of constitution. The
physiOgnOmy Of a forehead is seen in
the form Of the frontal bone, it's height
and proportion, regularity or irregu-
larity; this marks the disposition and
measure of our faculties, our fashion Of
thinking and feeling. Pathognomy
should be studied in the covering skin.
its color, wrinkles, tension or relaxa-
ton; this gives clue to the passions.
the actual state of the spirit within,
the use it has made Of it's natural
gifts. Foreheads, seen IN profile, are
divided into three classes: projecting
above, fiat on the eyebrows; retreating
from behind developed brows, and
perpendicular. Broadly speaking,
those with prominent cyclones act
promptly, on the judgment, perhaps
passion of the moment Yet they err
but rarely, for their gifts of intuition
and rapid deduction seldom fail to
guide them rightly. High foreheads,
lacking some part Of this quick spirit.
cause, consider and weigh the matter
before taking action. Less passionate,
less imaginative, less resourceful, they
cannot afford to make mistakes. Short
foreheads, prominent brows, belong
to the man of action; high, well-devel-
oped temples to the man of thought
A perpendicular, fiat forehead with
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
DON'T SLEEP FACING THE LIGHT

It is very important that the eyes
should rest during the hours of sleep,
and this they cannot do if they are not
properly shaded. If possible, the bed
should be placed where the light from
the window does not fall on the face of
the sleeper, but in a small room it is
announcement some times to arrange
this, and therefore the window should
be provided with dark green blind Or
covered with curtains. If you are in
clined to think that as long as the eyes
are closed they are sufficiently shaded,
you can easily test the matter. Shut
your eyes while facing the light, and
then shade them with your hand. The
relief of the interposed shade you will
find to be almost as great to shut
eyes as it is when they are open, for
the eyelids only lessen the strain on
the eyes, and do not remove it.-Home
Notes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21

wrinkles skin stretched tightly across
it, may be briefly dismissed as the
forehead Of the fool. Eye bones which
project so sharply as to cause the hair
of the broWs to bristle outward show
immense acuteness and genius for in
trigue. Ii Hung Chang, the great
Chinese minister, and Prince Bismarck
are good examples of this class. A
forehead square on the temples and
retreating into the hair on either side
is sign of retentive memory end ex-
cellent judgment. Lord Kitchener of
Khartoum, has the typical forehead of
a leader of men. Short, compressed,
wits prominent cyclones and thich,
straight broWs, square and receding on
the temples. A man with this forehead
could not fail to judge character or
circumstances with quickness and ac-
curacy, to store such observations in
tenacious memory, and to act upon his
conclusion with promptness and de-
cisiOn ~
Eyes, mirrors of the soul, may, per-
haps, be considered more beautiful and
attractive than any other feature. d.
vfding them into two great classes,
light and dark, it has been said that
the dark indicate power, the light, del
icacy. Black eyes, so calIed-for they
! are really Of SO deep an orange that
they appear black contrasted with the
white surrounding them-are' tropical
| Sometimes they seem dull and slug
gish, but the forces they betoken are
only slumbering, SO that any chance
spark may set them ablaze. With such
eyes the intellect will be powerful and
the passions strong. Clear blue
eyes belong to temperate regions.
Other intellectual indications being
| equal, what they may lack in power
and passion they will make up III sub
tlety and versatility. Hazel eyes show
steadiness and power of constant affec-
ton; green, cat-like orbs, though fire.
quently fascinating, are dangerous,
for they are a sign Of coquetry and de-
ceit. The eyes of genius are said to be
of varying tints, like the sea, some
! times blue, tinged with green or or
ange, in certain lights or when affect
| GU ny QSSp duu dluIOSC udI N.
These are but few of the infinite vari-
cites in tint. 1t should never be for
gotten that eyes are more capable of
misleading than any other feature.
Form and color may indicate much
the glance, steady or shifting, quick or
languid, keen or soft, perhaps even
more Widely expanded eyelids see
much without rejecting greatly; they
live in the senses, and think little be-
yond the present moment Eyelids
half closing over the eyes denote less
facility of impression, but clearer in
sight, more definite ideas, greater
steadiness in action; they notice less,
but think and feel intensely. Deep set
eyes with wrinkles at the outer corners
show penetration and a sense of hui
NOR. Eyes set near together, espec-
tally when there are wrinkles across
the nose, are a sign Of cunning and
meanness in small things, money mat
ters and otherwise. Set wide apart,
the character will be generous; if too
wide, careless and extravaganza. The
proper distance Between the eyes is
the length of one eye.-Public Opinion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
A TROPICAL FOREST.
Filled with Beautiful and Fragrant
Flowers and Trees.

It's giant oaks, chestnuts and magno-
las are thickly draped with moss and
wreaths of aerial orchids, ferns and
festooning climbers and parasitic
plants, which hang in great tufts and
pendants, waving over the blue n.y.
drangeas of the underground. Some of
the branches of these trees are perfect
gardens in themselves. In the soft
drapery of moist moss that thickly
clothe their branches and in the beds
of fine mold from the decaying leaves
that fill their crevices, are to be found,
not only luxuriant clusters of exquisite
orchids and many kinds of other
epiphytic plants but even large, woody
shrubs and evergreens, with a variety
of flowers and foliage.
A gorgeous feature of the forest is
the blaze of crimson blossoms of the
Magnolia campbelli. Here in it's home
it isl forest monarch over eighty feet
high, and it's huge flowers, like those
of the cotton tree below, appear curl
ously on it's bare branches before it
leaves. White unagnolias also abound,
seeming the air with their fragrance.
Delicately pink hydrangeas eighteen to
twenty feet high are common, and
ferns are so numerous that over sixty
species may be found along this forest
road within a few miles, Travels in
the Himalayas.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
HE KNEW HE WOULD.

Spacer-I believe that if Shakespeare
were alive at the present time and try
ing to live by his pen in London the
comic papers would reject many Of his
best jokes.
HUgnorist-I know it. I have tried
'em ADHESION Traveller.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
HAD A PECULIAR AFFLICTION.

''No, Winkelbat can't ride a wheel >"
'Why not?''
''Figh action. At every revolution of
the pedals his knees fly up and knock
his hands from the handle barr
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
THE SURGICAL MANIA.

Watts These doctors are given too
much to cutting, I think.
Potts-Right. Whenever an open
question as to a disease arises the
next thing is an open patient.-Indian-
apolis Journal
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
HIS SCIENTIFIC VIEW.

f'Does you undahstan de scientific
reason dat you am bald sah?" asked
the voluable Griswold street barber of
a crusty customer.
eyes. I'm bald because my hair
came out. ''-Detroit Free Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
THE SHARKS EGG.

A sharks egg is one of the oldest
looking things imaginable. 1t is I'M
provided with shell; but the contents
are protected by a thick, leathery COW
ering almost as elastic as india rubber
The average size is inches by ~ in
ches, and the color is almost pure
black.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
ANIMAL LORE.

''Uncurl yourself and fight" yelled
the catamount. "You have no backbone
at all"
''Mebbe I haven't" came a muf1ed
reply from the rolled-up porcupine,
''but I have spines to throw away. =
indianapolis Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
CLAIMS TO KNOW EVERYTHING.

Tommy smith-Your pa amt as
smart as my pa.
Jimmie Blykins-Maybe he amt, but
my brother Charley is, case he's jes'
out O. college.-Ohio State Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
PULVERIZES GRANITE.

The incessant traffic across London
bridge reduces to powder about twenty
five crbic yards of granite every year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21

Seven o'clock sounded. The hotel
was alive again with busting servants
Leon forced his wife to take a cup of
coffee, although she declared that her
The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20
American Theatre.

The American Theatre will reopen next
Monday, Christmas Day. when the Castle
Square Opera Company will give a special
matinee, at which THE Beggar Student
will be sung.
Those who enjoyed this charming work
when it was first presented to the public
will be delighted at its revival, and those
to whom it comes as a new composition
will find easy the explanation why It has
retained a lasting place in the favor of
the opera-goer.
The opportunity to enjoy again the well
written, tuneful music of the standard
operettas is not the least among the sew
eral pleasures the presence here of the
Castle Square Opera Company makes
possible. Compared with the general run
of musical farces and musical spectacles
of the present day, the martial Milloeck-
er's rollicking opera comique with its
stirring and sentimental music may be
viewed as a refreshing novelty. The
story of THE Beggar Student" need not
be retold. There is a fund of comedy to
keep interest alive and Milloecker has
not only devised solos with facile, ro-
mantle touch, but has been equally happy
in the construction of ensembles with an
infectious swing.
The management has made an unusual
ly lavish outlay and has prepared su-
perb spectacular production, with all the
aids of mechanical marvels and elaborate
electrical effects. The cast will re-intro-
duce the light opera favorites of the COM
pany in the persons Of Misses D. Eloise
Morgan, Gertrude Quinlans Belle Darcy
Bessie Tannehill and Messrs. VIM. G.
Stewart, Reginald Roberts, Frank Mou-
Ian, Louis Casavant and Chas. Meyers
These will be supported by "the best lighi
light opera chorus in New York" large
orchestra and a military band A feature
of the performance will be an Amazon
march, which will employ over one hum
dred supernumeraries, garbed in pictur'
esque attire.
.sDie Flederrnaus will be sung for tht
first time by the Castle Square Opera Co
at the American Theatre for the week be.
ginning January l. This will be followed
| by other novelties in light romantic anc
grand operas.
The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES FEW.
County Board of Health Hears Re-
ports on Nuisances.

The County Board of Health held a
meeting Monday afternoon. Clerk Rooney
reported marked decrease in the num-
Der OF contagious diseases during the
past month The total number of cases
is ISL The cases in Jersey City were:-
Diphtheria, 40; scarlet fever, 30; mem
branous Group, 8; typhoid fever, 2;
measles, 6; total, 81.
Hoboken had cases of diphtheria.
% of scarlet fever, and 4 each of MEM
branous Group and scarlet fever. In
Weehawken there were 6 cases Of diph-
liberia. The Town of Union had 3 cases
of scarlet fever and / of typhoid fever.
There was i case of scarlet fever in
West Hoboken, / of membranous Group
In West New York; l each of membran-
GUS Group and diphtheria in Gutenberg,
and cases of scarlet fever in all of
Harrison, Kearny. and East Newark.
Counselor Mulvaney reported that
Frederick Frambach and the Gardner
and Kendall Lumber Company had prom
ised to abate the nuisance caused by de-
fective drainage Of their premises.
Inspector Neyin reported that he had
put stop to the unloading of manure
scows at Harrison. which had been re-
sumed, and that the Newark Park
Commissioners had promised that there
would be no further cause for complaint
The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20
ADJUSTMENTS.


The Broadway Theatre Opera Company
In THE Highwayman" has made the Dig
gest kind of success at the Academy OF
Music In spite of the very bad weather
prevailing last night splendid audience
was present and heartily encored the
charming music in this tuneful opera All
the principal members received three ana
four encores. In addition to an excellent
cast of principals the chorus is unusualiy
strong and well trained. The costunllng
is all that can be desired The theatre
going public seldom have such an oppor-
tunity offered them to see such COM
plete production and so excellent one at
the prices now charged at the Academy.
The theatre should be crowded at every
performance.
That delightful organization of accom-
plished players, known as Charles Froh-
mans Comedians. will furnish the Christ
mas attraction at the Academy of Music,
presenting their latest success, the roar
ing farce, Make Way for the Ladies'
This has only recently been withdrawn
from the stage of the Madison Square
Theatre, where it won great favor It Is
a particularly appropriate play for TINS
season. as it is crammed full of fun, and
this does not depend upon any risky
motive. 1t is therefore quite the kind OF
play for the young to enjoy as much as
the old, and the satire on advanced
women" which is the theme of the piece.
can be understood and enjoyed by all.
While the authors are French. their story
is particularly applicable to this country.
The company playing Make Way for
the Ladies' is the same that won SO much
The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20

II Il with surprise and regret tnat tue
constituents of the Hon William " Dais
miss his name from the honorable hse Oh
those true Democrats who voted 1or 'ns
gold standard in the House OF Fepresen-
tatives ON Monday Mr. DAILY represents
go,a constituency, which, had the ma
3ority Of the voters realized that ne "aS
aolng to washington to advocate ana sup
BORT the silver heresy. would nave no
aaubt given him sufficient time to attend
to that large and fiourishing law business
which he is now negleeting in his en-
daavors TO wreck the financial stability
OF the country
only few days ago, Mr.. DAILY acknowl-
edged his obligations to his constituents
and freely expressed his conviction tnat
the vast majority of them were for gold
This being the case, why did he not sfano
by them, like a man, and vote as he knows
they would wish him to vote. Mr. Day
is himself gold standard man at heart
He is too shrewd to be anything eise.
This makes it all the more lamentapie
that he should have neglected to join the
revival element of his party, and that
instead, he should have to be counted IKE
one of flock of sheep, driven to the 1oio
by the barking Of dogs.
The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20
THE FALLON BALL.
Imperial Hall Crowded With
First Ward People.

Imperial Music Hall on Gregory street,
last evening, was filled with the many
friends Of the James J. Fallon Associa-
tion of the First Ward The event was
the fifth annual reception of the club.
The spacious hall was one mass of silk
American flags, and from the balconies
streamers were hung and caught to-
gether in the centre of the hall where
group of small flags waved. Every time
Professor Holden's orchestra struck up
a dance or two-step the large dance floor
was Immediately crowded. The many fine
many fine costumes worn by the ladies
made very pretty effect.
The march was led by the standard
bearer and Mrs James ]. Fallon. Will
liam B. Hickey acted as floor manager
and he was assisted by Mr.. Charles
Miller. The floor committee consisted
of:-William H Walker, John Sullivan.
william Hart, NJ. J. Grove, Henry Fufr-
ing George Becker, Thomas Lenahans
James Norton, Martin Coffey, George y.
Mcdonald, Joseph Russell, Robert J.
Mabon, Daniel Kerrigan, James Keating,
James Rowan, Henry Warhofer and Vim
cent B Wbalen.
The gentlemen who acted as the recep-
tion committee were:-W. B. Whalen. j..
F. Hill, Charles Miller. Sr., T. F. Halla-
ham, C. P. Young James Amrock, A.
vandervoot, F. A. Gepp. A. J. Woody,
Joseph Farrell John shaughnessy, M.
Ryan Edward Loughlin. NJ. J. Crotty.
Thomas Keegan Charles A. Langton, r.
,McGuirk and John Connolly Mr.. James
C. Ryan was chairman Of the arrange
ment committee and his assistants were
VIM. B. Hickey. Louis Smith, c. H. Nier-
stedt, J. F. Broderick, H. w. Rohlfs and
James F. Fallon-
Among those present were:-Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Curley. Mr. and Mrs Thomas
Lenahan. Mr. and Mrs. VIM H. Walker,
Ar. and Mrs. Joseph Russell, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Norton, Mr.. and Mrs James
Healing, Mr.. and Mrs. P. McGuirk. Mr..
and Mrs. j. Mcdonald, Miss NJ. Broderick,
John Stone. William Mccain, Miss N.
Meleyey. Miss Bender Mr. Carlton, James
Lamb. Miss Annie LiIlis, Miss K. Hickey
and Miss T. McAnery.
The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20
SILK WORKERS WAGES RISE.
Reports ON One of Jerseys indns-
tries Show Gradual Advance.

(snecial to aThe Jersey City News.')
TRENTON, Dec. 20, 1Ss9.-From the re-
ports of the Bureau Of s tistics, Chief
william Stainsby has conn Ssd an inter
asting report on silk manufacture, which
= one Of New Jerseys most important
Industries. More than twenty millions OF
canital are invested In silk nianufactur-
,ng and allied interests. The number OF
senarate concerns and the amount OF cap
ital IL larger now than ever before The
valua Of the product IS nearly double
what II was ten years ago and more than
+bree and one-half times as great as in
1sso in spite of the fact that the ten
dency has been during this period to To-
cate important branches Of the industry
4, other States The value OF the manu-
factured silk product is one-half again as
large as the total value Of farm pro-
ducts in New Jersey. according to the
I1nited states census of that year. Thou
sands of people are given employment IN
tbis great industry for the year 1898, Tor
,vb;ch this record is made, more than
ever before, and the average PAID N
wages is higher than in preceding years.
Tbe total number Of hands employed IN
1898 was 2s,O45. against 17,sl7 in lSso ana
12.54s in 1880.
For wages paid the returns made 70
the New Jersey Bureau and those IN
cluded in the United States census OF
fe90 and 1890 are compared peioW, COM
harrison is also made OF the average, WAGES
naid the computation peing naue " "
ffhe average number of employees, male
81, 1es---
The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20
GRANT. CLUBS HARMONY
No Amount Of Talking About
It Covers the Fight
ing.

A short meeting of the U. s, Grant As
sociation was held last night. The en-
tire business session was devoted to an
attempt to revise the constitution and by
laws, so that they can be inteiligently IN
terrupted. The task apparently is diff
cult one and will require considerable
time for its completion. Each member
has a different suggestion, and If all are
adopted the constitution and bylaws will
be the most unique ever used for the gov-
erning of political organization.
AT the next meeting nominations for
officers will be made. Mr.. William Reed,
who has been president two terms, has
announced that he will refuse third
nomination. He considers that he has
done his duty by the club. being mainly
instrumental in keeping it alive when
threatened with destruction during the
hot factional fights last spring.
While the members continually harp on
harmony in the ranks. it is plainly APP
parent that there are two factions in the
club bitterly opposed to each other. which
are prepared to renew the old strife Of
last spring for the most trivial cause.
Mr.. Reed, who has in the past display
ed rare ability in preventing an open
rupture, has found the task arduous,
and has only been able to preserve peace
by making many personal sacrifices. In
the future he will be content to stand
on the side lines, and watch the strug-
gle for supremacy.
William Burns is the leader of what
is known as the disturbing element He
possesses a turbulent nature and is never
more happy than when in the midst of
a heated dispute or argument He is
backed by the members who withdrew
from the club some time ago, and or
ganized the Seventh Ward Republican
Club, which was at once ostracized by
the regular Republican party. Realiz-
ing its weakness as political body, the
club made overtures, and were taken
back in the Grant Club fold, in the in
terests of harmony. Since then the mem
bers have devoted their energies to OBJ
tanning control of the Grant Club. The
announcement that Mr.. Reed has refused
to accept a denomination pleases them
and will probably enable them to elect
officers from their own ranks, thus OBJ
tanning the much coveted control Of the
organization.
The Jersey City news., 1899-12-20
Stokes School Bill VIII Be Hard to
Beat.

IF the teachers of our public schools.
who are so vitally interested in the defeat
of the scheme for the government of our
schools prepared by Senator Stokes ana
his fellow commissioners. do not wish TO
see that scheme become law, with all It's
to them obnoxious features. they should
bestir themselves. Over two hundred
members of school boards throughout the
State. met yesterday, at Trenton, and
formed an organization, which, II left to
itself, can accomplish much with the
Legislature. The great majority of these
gentlemen appeared to favor the Stokes
scheme, including the Objectionable feat
ure of superintendent. who can suspend
any teacher at his pleasure.
The danger to the teachers Of this feat
ure of the scheme has already been point
ed out in these columns 1t has been
made evident that every teacher, however
meritorious, would be at the complete
mercy of a prejudiced principal and a
complacent superintendent. Aneie "oS =
well founded suspicion about the State
House. yesterday. that the main object OF
the new organization was to boost along
the Stokes scheme and head off the op-
position which the teachers had gotten
under way. It is an old and homely but
none the less true saying that in union
there is strength. and, if the teachers hope
to kill this dangerous feature Of the plan,
they should lose no time in forming
counter organization, or they should see
that their State Teachers Association
adopts a practical and effective plan OF
action. From the support which now APP
pears to be behind the Stokes plan it is
reasonabie to say that it win require
great deal of the hardest kind of work
to defeat the measure, the coming session.