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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-13
Wobcl.

Die rumble 1l6r ii6er benz Stamms
tti4 i'm r8lauen 8drsh" Setgte balb
sebn llbr uno Der Secretdr Gelb9en
ma9te iona9 q~nitalten gum aufbru4,
inbem er 5riB, benz &elner, ipintte.
Senn feline .3eit mar getommen.
y3pee Sebb9en gefa9 ma6t IA
Yfenge uno 5rpee 4fenge iinb Srints
gelb. Sol @egentli6 BAIT '9 mir
porgenommen, mid mebr Nobel gu
iein, na9bem Of mir neilt9 Wtb bers
bel gefpoft bate; aber mas fam Der
Meni9 fir feline Ratur? limb parum,
bas mill i4 Sud glei9 erSGblen; 10
piel s3eit bah '6 nod.
alio muB '9 ba porige @o9e dne
Helene ReeIe MAIDEN, I'm d SiItel Butt
ter, bas meme 9auliue bei9teQt bate,
berienli9 ~ab3ubolen. Die Of nu' 10
reeIefertis por ibr i6teb unb abI4ieO
nebme, bridt mir bic quite Seele bleBs
li9 mas in bic 9anb unb meent:
,@elb9en," meent fee, v9u psebt, i'd
Tenn Did; Su f4tedit Dir 9erne
mas SUITS ms 8eIi6te. Sa bait De
apDtf 9fense, toOf' Dir stpee GIimms
f9tensel!"
@er mar glidli9er ipie i9! @obl
d babies Sabr lang bat d. teene Gis
sarre mebr geroodt, unb bas 1T fir an
leibenI9aftli6en Rooder feene Slees
nigtset. Sd alIo Gems, Stpee, brei,
gum Rd9bar unb 5tpee @uba nit 9ras
iileinlase eridtunben.
Wie Of MI 70 gemietbli6 im&oubbee
iibe, bic 9eene Neutrality-suspicious.
pie d birtI9er 9dI9a, mill Of mir
meineGigarre ani9teden. aber - bul's
Der @eier = iebt bait '9 teene 3inO=
belseln. Satrment, bent '9, 10 is's,
ipenn mar MIDI gerpebnt is, untertpes
gems gu rop6en.
Gum Slid 9ebt grab Der S6dffner
an meinem &oubbeefsniter porbei.
81 berrieies, Serr S6affner," brill
i'd, .pdren 81 MIDI pieIIei9t 10 sitty
unb bdtten Se MIDI pieaei9t Il 2tnos
bel5el2"
Isl nabirli9, mel guteItss !Serrs
den! Sd bab' INNER d buar S4a9s
teln uff Eager. Ma9en Sic sitisit
9ebrdu9!" = uno langt mir dne
S6a6tel S9peben Der.
Ra, BENT i'd, ieBt tunnite bid cce3
MIDI lumben lafen, unb nit blutenoen
Sersen bait Of n meine Gigarren hin
unb Tag: n0a f4teden Sc ii4 bod
eene an unb rpo6en 81 nit Der
I6tanb!" 9lber i9 meene, mid len
alsi6 Der S9lag rtbren rOdntc
i6eene!" srinit er uno bat le podI
Idon ale beebe in ieinen 9rabi6en.
Damn q 8fiff unb fort sebt's!
Sd aber fibe nit meiner S9a4.e;
| 3inbbelSel ba unb bab' meene Slpec
Giaarren nit trodenem Maule 9e'
roo6t.
50 is es, tpenn man nobel IT,"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-13
Sarra III nidt au !Saufe, Mrs.

Sarr9 III nidt gu !Suufe, Nrs.
Geipbolb Sffnet.
SIR. 8rablep fprift elm paa: pers
ID6nli9e Worte gu ibr. Die M~ursarets
Nutter nit suridbaltenbrr Waiene
aufnimmt.
800 1T Shire Sp9ter, ipo 1T Mars
garet2 fragte Der &dufmann.
Sa ert0nt plDbli9 aus benz Nebens
Simmer elm feines treiI4enbes &inber'
itimm9en. STR. 9rableb itebt i'm err
fen Mpment gang perpirrt. Damn
bri9t Elm Strabl bes 8eritdnbnifes
aus ieinsn Iugen unb iiber iein ST.
iift lGuft Elm beller5rsuOeni9ein. Mit
beftigen S9ritten tritt er iiber bic
S9pelle. Reben sinem tleinen Sinz
berbett9en Iibt bic iunge 6rau Wters
saret, bic nun auf's bO4ite iiberrai4t
oufIpringt unb ben @intretenoen nit
f9rsdenspoGen peitseOffneten gusen
anItarrt.
absr Mr. 9rableb lGBt ii4 feline
3eit, ibr Grtldrung gu geben. Gr ntdt
ibr nur ld6elno gu. Damn .beu9t er
ii3 iiber oas fleine f9reienoe NeIen,
bas nit ounteln augen gu ibm auf'
bIidt, bic ibn an Die Ieines ein5igen
So6nes erinnern. Carrie tommt inn
gu Silfe. Sic nimmt bas in elm
&uaftpert BON f6neepetBen 2innen
uno SpiBen gebiilte tleine WeIen aus
BEN 9ettden unb iiberrei6t es BEN
gliiditrablenben 9robpapu, Der es pors
ii9tig, bebutfam uno dngitli9 entges
gennimmt. Dem alien Serrn itrOmen
bic 4ugen iiber, ais er nun bas &ino
feines &inbes in feinen 4rmen bGlt.
a Sine gauge Deile bltdt er itumm gu
Dem tleinen 9ei9Dpf9en btnab, oann
gibt er es Carrie Suriid unb penoet
ii9 an bic iunge Mutter, bic nod gar
ni9t redt peib, ipie ibr gei9iebt.
sic babsn mid ni9t nDtbig 9ebabt
gu Sbrem Slid, rebet er Tie tief bepegt
an. aber i9 brau9e 81, unb meinen
Sobn, I'm gliidli9 gu iperoen. Sd
babe Sbnen fdperes llnre9t getban.
lin bieIes iiiBen tleinen Weiens piaen
psrben sic mir DerSeiben. Nt4t
pabr?
Margaret lit bel gu bepest, I'M
fpre9en gu t0nnsn. sic fam nur
i6lu9Senb ibrem S9pieserDater pers
IObnt bic Saub entsegsniireden, bic
bieIer lebbaft ersreift, UNI ieineS dpies
gerto9ter gum eriten Wiul in pirtli9er
SerSensbepegung an feline 8ruit gu
Sieben.
Bier 8oden Ipdter ipurbe BON benz
grobsn @sI9Gfts6auIe am 8roabpap
bas SirmenIdilb v@eorge 6. 9rabs
leD" abgenommen unb Elm neues an
feiner STEELE befeItigt, bas Die ftolSe
Sni9rift fiibrte: r8rablep, Son &c
Gompanp."
(@nbe.)
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-13

papd. benz Manne mid gu eis.n gu ges
ben, ben i9 BON 9runbe meines Sers
gems adte unb liebe. 10 muB i9 Dir
gum eriten Male in meinem 2eben ben
@eborfum a%uftiinoisen. SD Tam ni4t
anbers.
sic faste q NIT aler @ntI4loHens
belt hires ersrsii4en, mutbisen Serz
Seus, NIT dlsr Strait ibrer feiligiten
lleberseusung, redt gu banbeln. Damn
ipanbte ie ii4 ab unb i4ritt Iansiam
our Sbiir binaus.
Der MiIionGr itanb ba pie %eritarrt,
unb unfdbig, fi9 gu elmer Grtpioerung
a%ufSuraffen, blidte er feiner So4ter
na9 nie elmer iibernatiirli6en @rIheiz
nuns, bon beren @riitens er Bis babin
feline @bnung gebabt bate.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-13

Mtt i6rem Batter bate Carrie
8rableb nod an bemIelben 4beno cine
lGngere ausipra6e. Ils bas Souper
poriiber mar unb iie ALIEN uno un9es
itDrt beieinanber i'm 9drlor faben, err
bob ie iia pl0Bli9 nit einem e%rniten,
taft feierli9en 9efi6t, unb hire arme
intpiutiirli9 iibereindnber perI9rGnz
fenb, als 9elte es, aud Guberli9 bic
Gner9ie unb gntf9loFenbeit, BON Der
fe in bieier Stunbe gang beberrI9t
ipurbe, gum 4usbrud gu %bringen, be-
gam iie; SD babe Dir cine pi9tige
Mittbeilung gu MAIDEN, papa.
SIR. 8raOlep fab erItaunt BON iets
mem 3eitungsblatt ouf. Gr mar grade
in Der interefanten &ubrit pSanbel
unb Snbuitrie".
Das bait bu benin, garrie2 fru9te or.
SD rpoate Dir nur ~mittbeilen, bab
i'd mid beute perlobt babe.
SIR. 8raolep lieB bas 3eitungsbldtt
auf ben Slid fallen, na9m bas pinces
neg, bsfen er ii9 beim 2eIen bebiente,
BON Der Ndie uno erpiberte topfI9iits
telnb: Seute2 9as baIt bu bod i9on
lGngit getban, unb i9 bpffe, bab beine
So9Seit nit Mr. Cunningham nod
Dor @noe bes Sdbres itattfinben pirb.
On irrit. 9apa, ertldrte Carrie unb
fab ibrem Batter feit in pie bertpunbert
ouf iis geri9teten Iusen. Sd bate
SIR. Cunningham meme Sanb nur be-
bingt, in elmer seipifen @orausIebung
su9eidet. 9ieIe @orausieBuag bat
iid als trrig erpieien. SEPT, ba Der
Mann, benz INNER meme 2iebe unb
meme 49tung 9eb0rt baben, tpiber Grs
parten Suriidgetebrt lit, iebt, ba Siets
rid 9enning pieber bu 1T, tommt Wr.
Cunningham ni6t msbr in 9etruGt.
Der alte Serr i9ob ieinen Stub suz
rid, UNI feline So9ter, Die bi9t Dor ibm
itanb, better betradten gu t6nnen.
Seine @efiible ma9ten ii9 in Dem bras
ftif6en Iusrufe 2uft: Su bif utft
rc6t geI9eit, Carrie!
Warum, papa, neil i9 SIR. Sens
ning's 5rau lperben pia2
Die Rube Carries, bic guns eelaFen
ausiub unb in beren 9eii9t Ii9 feline
Mustel bepegte, brd9te ben alien
Germ MIR nod mebr in SarniI6.
unfiun! ipruoelte er errest beraus.
Oupon fam gar feline Reoe fetn. lint
ii9 nit Der Re9ten uufgere9t in's
Saar greifenb, fiigte sr tlageno binsu,
Sd babe re9tes llngliit nit meiner
&inbern. SIS f6eint, bab bu Dir Dor
9enOmmsn bait, es beinem 9rubel
Sarrp na65utbun.
Carrie 8rableps @ugen blidten i'm.
mer nod NIT berIelben unerI9iitterli.
den Rube, 6eItigteit unb Slarbeit
Sur ibr gt6em sing ettpas tiefer, ali
tie ii9 ieBt gu ibrer g%rrpiOerung an.
i9idte.
SD bsgrsife bid ni9t, papa, fugt
fe. Sd bu4te mir, grade Mr. Sen
nina piirbe Dir als S6pisserIobn er
piinI6ter iein, ais irgenb elm @nbersr
@rabe i'm miiBteit ou G9ten unb bod
f9Gben.
Wlr. 9rabIen IieB elm turses IpDtti
i6es Baden bDren, oas feiner So9te
bas 9lut in's 9eIidt trieb.
Sa, papu, fubr ie fort unb ibr
Stimms s~itterte II bod Dor perbults
ner @rresung. i'd glaubte fogar, b
pdrIt 9ietri9 Senning gu 9ant Der
pfli9tet.
DIR. 9rablep blidte febr erItaunt .
ieiner So9ter auf.
gu Dante pieOerbolte er. Wie =
pie meinit bu oaS2
Run : bic qrme Der Spre9snbe
lOiten Ii9 unb gIitten ldnsIum q
ibrem a6rper binab - feline Grin
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-13
9etter eGHee
Bon Grnit Nlueubah.


2iebItss plGb6sn mir i'm @aIoe.
Sat Der 2en5 bid fdon geI9miidt2
@eilden bliiben Dor Der Salbe,
Wte mein 2ieb iie emit gepfliidt;
limb nit frif9 ersriinten MaisR
Wintt bic 8irte. bic mein Sreien,
Die elm Ieiies Sa psrnabm.
9o9 buB boppelt fei genpFen
9ieTes Gags @rinnerun9s9Iiid,
SGItit bu 5pif4en DuraeliprOFen
Ho9 elm 6led6en Sdnse Suriid;
Sab mir uns nit 2d4elu iusen.
Mie es mar Dor ipsnis Sugen,
limb mis- i4nsl Der Jri9Iins ts1.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-13

mid INN ben Dads. ite babe etneu
Oumipiebriidsn gu liefern unb tDnne
bur6aus teinen bstommen. Der Dads
1T in elmer feinen @efenidaft ala
9umIpieBer gegefen porben uno bat
@len ausse5eidnet geiamedt.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1899-04-13

Simmer i'm 9ef4Gt t.
9unbe: Sin prG9tiger Sunge, Sbr
9epi! -. S9abe, baB er 10 trumme
geine bait" S6neioermeiiter: n44,
bas perbiisslt ii9!"
0eAtf9es 8ereinstpe e.
fen. o.: .8arum tpOlen Sic ben
Ramen bes @ereins pifen, benz i'd ans
aeS5re2" - g.: pRun, i'd mO9ts eben
Bic SIasse tennen, unter Der Sic trims
tsl!"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09
AN UNAPPRECIATED PASTOR.

Here is a newly imported Scotch
story, minus the "hoot-mon," dialect:
One Sunday morning the minister
arose in his pulpit and said: "Breth-
rem, wish to announce that have re-
signed my pastorate, and that I will
not occupy this pulpit after today. I
have several reasons for leaving you.
In the first place, you do not love me,
for you have not paid me shilling Of
my salary this year. In the second
place, you do not love God, for you are
doing nothing toward extending His
kingdom on earth. God does not love
you, for there has not been a funeral
in this parish for months. You do not
love one another, for I have married
but one couple in the last two years.
These being the facts, 7 have decided
to leave this field Of labor, so I have
accepted position as chaplain in the
prison at Glasgow. And now I will
preach my farewell sermon from the
text, 4 go to prepare place for you "
Chicago Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09
Club Life
in Santiago

It is probable that Santiago has mor
and better clubs in proportion to it's
inhabitants than any other city in the
western hemisphere. Before the war
it was pre-eminently city of clubs,
and remains SO yet.
Amid all the stress of siege and
storm of battle the clubs alone were
undisturbed and unruff1ed. Life in
them went on just as if there were no
Yankee fleets laundering at the city 5
sea gates and no Yankee army draw
ing it's folds around the city.
Every night the club rooms were
filed and there was smoking, drinking,
chess, cards and gossip, just as there
would be in any club in time of peace.
Life was pleasant in the clubs, and if
the provisions were short in the city
the dearth was never felt in the club
Kitchen. When the end came, and
TOral surrendered, the officers Of the
victorious army upon entering the city
found the clubs running full blast. The
Americans were put up at such clubs
as they were fortunate enough to have
an acquaintance in, just as if they
were casual visitors to the city These
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09
PADEREWSKI IN DENVER.

To the prosperous town of Denver,
To that thriving, bustling city,
Came one day a great musician,
Slender-44ngered, huge of scalp-lock,
Paddy Roosky, the people called him,
| Though he himself pronounced it diff
ferent;
Pah-thref-sky, he said his name was.
And the people thronged to hear him,
| Struggled madly at the box office,
| Paid SIS for at ticket
Just to hear this sweet musician.
Then the gifted Paddy Roosky
| Made his bow before the audience,
| Who in silence sat eXpectant,
And began to use entertainments
And to practice arts of magic.
First he squared himself for business,
Limbered up his joints trif1e,
Shook his yellow topknot somewhat,
And his little eyes glared at them
Like the piercing eyes of Pawguk.
Then he smote the grand. piano
In way that was caution
| To those primatiye folk of Denver
First he began with adagio,
Very slow and stately playing,
Sometimes changing to allegro
Or staccato, smooth and gliding,
Swelling into loud crescendo,
Sinking into soft piano,
And even into pianissimo.
Then he changed his tactics somewhat,
Turned a little more Of steam on,
Pounded loudly like all forte,
Seemed as if the wood was Chopin.
And the folk, as they List to him,
Stared in wonder at the clatter
Didn't understand the motif
Or ascertain what he was up to.
So they sat awhile in patience,
Listening to the various noises,
Waiting for an air familiar,
Till they couldn't stand it longer
With cry they rose as one man,
Shouted for a change Of programme,
Sweet Marie" they demanded of him,
Or the Sidewalks of New York."
Said they'd paid to hear some music,
And they wanted it instanter
Kansas City Journal
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09
HERE AND THERE.

Last year Japan exported nearly
$6000,0O0 worth of coal. There are 12C
coal miners, so of which are important
One of them, in Chikugo, yields 6OO,-
600 tons year.
In place of glass the Philippine is
landers generally use plates made OF
the shell of a kind of oyster which adj
are not so easily damaged by earth
quakes as glass windows are.
Experiments have been going on
with an ingenious machine which
shuts over a mans eye so that the eye
lid as it winks opens and closes a
chronograph. So far the quickest wink
on record is about sixth of a second
Lava streams that have flowed out
Of Vesuvius duringt he last three years
have deposited los, 100000 cubic metres
Of lava on the side of the mountain
A cone OF lava $50 feet high has been
formed, out of which fresh streams
are flowing.
A German historian directs atten-
ton to the fact that in the middle
ages the Mediterranean was connected
by a canal with the Red sea, and that
iu 1886 the Mohammedan powers had
a project of rebuilding this predecessor
of the Suez canal.
An Austrian chemist, who has been
making researches into the subject,
declares that out Of the 4,110 varieties
of flowers known and cultivated in
Europe scarcely 400 have any odor,
and of these nearly so have an odor
which is, if anything, disagreeable.
In the language of the American
Indian the drum is an instrument OF
affection, repeating with it's monoton-
Gus beating the old, old story that Hia-
watha told Minnehaha and that every
Indian brave whispers into the ears OF
every willing Indian maiden.
The dimensions of the Capitol at
Washington are: The length, ISL feet
4 inches; breadth, from 121 to 324
feet; it covers 153,112 square feet
From base line Of building to the tip
of statue, 287 feet IL inches. The
height Of the dome above the base line
on the east front is 287 feet 5 inches
Marriages among the arIstocracy
in India, that is the British contingent
seem be very great affairs. Lady
Elizabeth Bruce and Mr. Darlington
Smith had for their marriage a we'd
ding cake made for them by Lord FL
gins chef 1t was nine feet high and
weighed 700 pounds.
The oldest and most curious her
barium in the world is in the Egyptian
museum at Cairo. It consists OF
crowns, garlands, wreaths and bou-
quets of flowers, all taken from the
ancient tOmbs in excellent condition.
Nearly all the flowers have been iden-
titled. They canont be less than 5000
years old.
Apropos Of the agitation of the sub
ject of cheaper postage Between this
country and Great Britain, it is pointed
out that the cost Of first-c1ass ocean
passage between this country and Eu-
rope averages about $500. The charge
for conveying the same weight of let
ters as the passenger weighs is $187.
1t is tolerably obvious that these
charges for carrying the ocean mails
are too high.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09

ehosp1table to the American officers,
and after the surrender the club house
fairly sWarmed with Yankee uniforms.
And everything went along so smooth
ly. You would think, to drop into the
San Carlos of an evening, that the
American officers were the honored
guests Of the city instead of being its
capt0rs
Both Spaniards and Americans were
on their best behavior and tried to
Guido each other in politeness.
One night the band of the 9Th I'LL
nois serenaded the San Carlos as a
mark OF appreciation for the hospi-
tally which had been extended to the
American officers.
One Of the big clubs of the city is
the Philharmonic. The club house is
spacious and furnished with considera-
bic luxury. In the heat of the day its
shaded Verandas and darkened rooms
are a cool refuge from the pouring sun
The Philharmonic is the muscal center
of eastern Cuba, and it's influence in
musical affairs extends all over the
island.
AS exclusive a club as there is in
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09

pocket key of the door Of the Anglo
American club. He was a native OF
Santiago, and declared that as soon as
the American troops entered the city
ne would put up the entire staff at the
club. When he fed from Santiago to
escape arrest by the Spaniards he took
the key to the club door with him. and
when he came back with Shafter he
walked down to the club house anu
started things going again.
The Casino Espanol is the distinct
lively Spanish club of Santiago. The
members are almost men who were
born in Spain. While the Spanish
troops have been at Santiago the Ca
sino Espanol has been their favorite
resort. In fact the club has depended
largely upon Spanish officers for it's
support. The story OF the gramophone
belonging to this club has been going
the rounds recently, but it is a good
enough story to bear repeating. Be-
fore the capitulation the members used
to sit at night and enjoy the music
Of the gramophone. There was one
tune which the Spanish officers es-
pecially delighted in, and were in the
habit of having turned on four or five
times during the long nights of the
siege. On the morning of July II,
when the American flag was hoisted
over the governors palace, the 9Th cav
airy band broke forth in the self-same
tune which had so delighted the Span
ish officers in the Casino. 1t was The
Star Spangled Banner, which now for
the first time they had heard as the
American anthem.
That night the gramophone was ST.
lent in the club rooms, and to the ruff
fed officers it seemed to be chuckling
to itself over it's Yankee joke.
The clubs of Santiago are among the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09

leaped out. He dashed up the path
taking the steps three at time /
drew back in to the shadow. He
passed so quickly that I could not see
his face.
| sauntered down the path. The
driver was just turning his cab
around.
Hi, cabby," l shouted to the Jehu.
"A dollar if 1 get to New Haven depot
in five minutes"
l bought copy of the Providence
Journal the next day at Boston to see
how the ceremony had been per-
formed.
For provincial paper the Journal
really did very well on that story.
l enjoyed reading the humorous &C
count of how the bridegroom missed
his train, and how the butler had mis-
taken another gentleman on the train
Tor Mr.. Mopart.
I disliked, however, to have the
Journal make such open insinuations
against the honesty of the person thus
introduced in Mr.. Mopart's stead.
1t stated that in all probability the
butler had stumbled upon a clever
rascal and crook in his search for the
bridegroom, for number of costly
wedding presents which had been left
in the room with the supposed Mr.
Mopart had mysteriously disappeared
as he himself had done but a few min
utes before the real Mr.. Mopart had
arrived.
He had left behind him small
hand satcheI in which were found a
number of jimmies, skeleton keys and
other articles used only by certain
class of gentlemen. 1t was the dis
covery of these articles that first
aroused suspicion.
AS for the wedding, that had taken
place in spite of the excitement
New York Evening World.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09
RETROGREssION IN JAMAICA.

In 1884 slavery was abolished "by
act of Parliament" and widespread
ruin enveloped Jamaica. The six mill
lions sterling paid to the slave-owners,
many OF them living in princely style,
as compensation for the destruction Of
their slave property and total loss OF
income, only accentuated the misery.
In times of prosperity money had
been easily borrowed and the interest
as easily paid, but now ruin over
Swallowed the planters, the borrowed
capital had to be repaid, mortgages
cleared, and very little of the six mil
lions remained with those for whose
benefit it had been voted, for it only
sufficed to meet the liabilities incurred
in the earlier days OF improVident
luxury. Immense estates Iapsed into
Waste-land-" ruinate,'' as the pathetic
technical term is-and wild vegetation
re-entered into possession OF the
broad acres which a century OF slave
labor had conquered from it. 1t had
been hoped that the freed negrF
would continue to work, but Hnfor
tunately the mobility which Othe
races see Sin work for works sake"
does not come within the scope OF
negro vision. He only works for
others unuer compuIsion. So, hay
ing obtained his freedom, he squatted
on his late masters estate and was
idle Food was in abundance around
him, and he needed little more. And
so it is today The curse of a great
nomadic negro population refusing to
undertake regular agricultural labor
lies like a black cloudblight upon the
beautiful island, and until that curse
is raised by strong and well-enforced
vagrancy acts, the prosperity which is
Jamaica's natural right is impossible.
The population today is about 800, 900,
and out of these only one in a hum
dred is white. Five hundred thOus-
and are pure blacks, and in some in
land districts they are, at this very
day, morally retrograding toward
aboriginal savagery. The obeah-nan
is power in the land, and voudooism
religion. Matrimony as an iRstitu-
lion has been abandoned, nearly every
BLACK being OF "illegitimate" birth
and except that he has acquired some
Of the 'peculiarities of civilization"
The freed negro is today very little
better than the African of the Congo.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-09
FOR THE EYE OF THE COOK.

Keep a brick on the back of the
stove and set the food on it that is <
be kept warm.
Add teaspoonful of sugar to every
pint Of milk when the milk is to be
thickened with cornmeal.
Make graham bread the same as
white bread and then steam it three
hours, instead Of baking it one.
Oatmeal is much improved if sugar
is put in while it is cooking insteed Of
being put on it at the table.
Tie a piece of stale bread in a white
muslin cloth and drop it into the ket-
tie with the boiling cabbage to help
absorb the offensive odor.
Never cut potatoes for baking, but
for steaming and boiling draw the
edge Of sharp knife halfway around
lengthwise, SO that they will crack
open nicely.
The best way to keep boiled mush
from being lugnpy is to stir up the
meal with enough cold water to merely
wet it, and then stir it into the kettle
Cut the thin skin from the outside If
a leg of mutton, or the mutton cnops
before cooking them, in order to re-
move the "woolly taste" that some find
50 Objectionable.
When baking powder is used for
biscuits the shortening should be
stirred in after all the ingredients are
added, including the flour, and they
will be much lighter and more fiaky.
If there are no potatoes to use for
making bread take pan of clabbered