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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
ANTIDOTE FOR SNAKE BITE.
Scientist Who is Extracting Serum
From Snakes.

DR.. Joseph Mcfarland, professor of
pathology and bacteriology at the Med
co-ChirUrgical college, Philadelphia,
has been carrying on for several
months experiments to secure an an
tidote for snake bites. He has gath
cred remarkable collection of snakes.
He says:
THE experiments with snake venom
which l have been making since last
April are the first of the kind which
have ever been attempted in the United
States or with the poisonous snakes of
America, but do not claim originality
Of method, as I am closely following
in the footsteps of the noted scientist,
DR.. A. Calmette, director of the Insti-
tute Pasteur of Lille, France.
''At the present time DR.. Calmette
has upon the market an anti-venOmOus
serum, or 'anti-venene' as it is called,
which he derived from the venom of
the cobra di capelIo or snake eating CO.
bra of India, which is probably the
most deadly of all snakes. Although
DR.. Calmette's anti-venomous serum,
has been seldom if ever used in this
country, it has been successfully en-
ployed and has saved many lives in
India.
ITO carry out my experiments along
all lines 1 have been anxious to secure
several specimens of the cobra di ca
pello, but so far I have not been sue
cessful, as sailors appear to be most
superstitiOus regarding these snakes
and it is most difficult to get a sea cap
tain to include them among his cargo.
However, through the kindness of DR..
Calmette, with whom have been in
correspondence, have receive some
dried venom from these snakes and 1
expect to make some experiments with
it soon.
"In regard to the serum which I
hope to secure in the course of time, I
may say at the outset that I wish to
disprove the alleged value of alcohol
as the ideal antidOte for the poison OF
a venOmOus snake. Whiskey is an I'M
failing aid of death after snake bite
and more persons die from taking it as
an antidOte than from the bites. Wits
key increases the rapidity of the cir
culation. 1t helps the poison to jour
ney quickly through all the arteries
and veins.
ITO be sure, a small amount of slim
ulant is not bad idea, but it should
be slight, very little indeed. To give
all of any stimulant it is possible tc
drink at such a time is little short OF
criminality. There is no doubt that
more persons die from the effect OF
drinking whiskey to cure snake bites
than from the bites themselves.
THE bite of a poisonous snake, if il
receives proper attention at once, is BY
no means as dangerous as most persons
believe it to be. In fact, l think one o.
the most important factors of danger
at such times is the physical fear G
the result. Instead of whiskey the per
son bitten should take strychnine lib
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30

! contact between the photograph and
the glass;
It would be well now that dust photo
graphs exist to examine carefully the
glass before removing an olQ picture
Perhaps in the near future the world
will be enriched by many fine speci-
mems of these peculiarly produced
images.
Mr.. Hammer has also an historical
collection of incandescent lamps, which
were arranged on shelves in a glass
case standing obliquely in the sunlight
about an hour a day. After the lapse
of many months the very fine dust
within the case lodged upon the inner
surface of the glass in such manner
as to produce oval dust figures CORE
spending somewhat to the shapes of
the lamps and some of them appear af-
ter reproduction. Professor Thomas
thought, when the figures were inspect
spected closely and the circumstances
were known, that the sun and lamps
acted as agents in their formation.
AS to the correct explanation, the
matter has not been sufficiently dis
cussed by scientists to enable him to
render the opinion of others, but it is
of interest in connection with the
Roentgen rays and the discharge OF
electrified bodies by light. AS a matter
of course, the surfaces of the lamps
would reflect the light in such a way
as to make bright spots movable,
however, with the sun-upon the glass
of the containing case, and if the lat
ter were in any sense charged by mega
tive atmospheric electricity, this light
would cause a variable amount of dust
to be attracted according to the inten-
sity of the rays striking the glass.
Professor Thompson also details
remarkable series of experiments made
by Professor Sanford of Leland Stan
ford university, California, and by Pro-
lessor Mckay of Packer institute,
Brooklyn. The images produced were
termed photographs, and were made
by placing number of coins on the
sensitive side of Photographic plate,
covering each side with tinfOil and
wrapping the whole thing in black pa
per. The upper tinfoil was then re-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30

moved and each coin was touched sue
cessively with the wire from positive
pole, the other wire being connected
with the tinfoil on the lower side. Per-
feet reproductions were obtained.
But this method, of course, differs al
together from that of producing dust
images. When the German scientist
Professor Reiss began experimenting
for the production of photographs he
laid a coin upon a plate Of glass and
charged it electrically for half an hour.
Upon removing the coin and sprinkling
the plate with dust an accurate engrav-
ing of coin was visible on the glass.
Professor McKay's experiments of
producing magnetographs are also in
teresting in this connection. He OBJ
tanned photographs of different objects
in the dark by means Of radiations
from the poles of an electromagnetic af-
ter two hours exposure but it need not
have been so long, as he obtained clear
images in five minutes in one expert
ment with frequent variations of a
current by means of a rheostat, and by
approach and recession OF the arma-
ture.
The elements involved in the expert
ment were arranged in the following
order: First, a large inverted magnet
for supporting 100 pounds, the poles
hanging downward. Next in order was
wooden board pressing fiatwise
against the ends of the poles of the
magnet. Next, the objects and the
sensitive plates backed thereby and all
inclosed in a completely opaque wrap
ping extending over the sides, face,
back, ETC., of these two elements. Next
in order was an armature about as
heavy as the magnet would support.
Very accurate photographs of the diff
ferent objects were produced. The
photographs were not due to light, for
he tried the experiments in different
ways and with various precautions.
Of course the greater part of Profess
sor Thompson's work is devoted to the
x ray, but to the lay mind the above
phenomena give curious insight into
the experimental work of the electrical
scientists of today.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
AUTUMN.

Now the last sheaves are garnered in
the barns,
The fields all bare, the cleaners all
gone home.
Ripe apples fall from overladen
trees,
And boys and girls go nutting in the
woods,
That wear Drawer pomp than sum-
mer's green.
The squirrel buries deep his winter
hoard,
The swallows gather on the red farm
roofs.
The plowmen toll across the fallow
lands,
And fails are loud on every thrash
ing floor,
The kindly earth has yielded up her
fruits,
Troubled and swollen, the river
twirls among
The withered reeds, and ghostly in the
moon
Look all the misty fields and dim
woodsides,
And all the distant outlines of the
Mary A. Marl-~.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
SIR JOHN WATERS A FINE SPY.
Thrilling Adventure When Captured
by the Spaniards.

Sir John Waters was the most adj
mirable spy ever attached to an army.
In the Peninsular war he gave to Lord
Wellington accurate and valuable in
formation about the Spaniards. Once
he was taken prisoner by Spanish
dragons while clad in the English uni
form. He was supposed to be stupid
Britisher who could not understand a
word of French or Spanish, and his
captors talked freely before him. Then
he learned that they were going to xiii
and rob him at an old mill where the
company was to stop for dinner. They
would pretend that they had shot him
because of his attempt to escape. On
reaching the mill the dragons dis
mounted and went into the house,
leaving their prisoner outside, in the
hope that he would try to escape. AS
soon as they we're out of sight Waters
threw his cloak on a nearby olive
bush and put his cooked hat on top.
Empty flour sacks lay on the ground
and he craWled into one of them. A
moment later the dragons came out,
prisoner and galloped off, intending
to return later to rifle the body. A
horse loaded with sacks of flour stood
near the door and Sir John, still en-
veloped in the sack, managed to
throw himself on the horses back, as
if he were part of the load. The own
er came out, mounted and rode away
without detecting the peculiar con-
tents Of one of the sacks. When far
enough away for safety, his position
being uncomfortable, Sir John freed
himself from the sack and sat up.
The horseman, happening to look
around, saw the man covered with
flour and imagined a ghost was perch
ed behind him.
He fell in a faint and the supposed
ghost threw him to the ground and
galloped off. Sir John reached the Eng
hsh camp without further adventure.
New York Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
FROM GA BROADWAY PAGEANT. 7"

l chant the world on my western sea,
chant copious the islands beyond,
thick as stars in the sky,
chant the new empire, grander than
any before, as in a vision it
comes to me,
chant America the mistress, I chant
a greater supremacy,
chant projected a thousand blooming
cities yet in time on those groups
of sea-islands,
Ny sail ships and steam ships thread
ing archipelagoes,
My stars and stripes fluttering in the
wind,
Commerce opening, the sleep of ages
having done it's work, races re-
born, refreshed,
Lives, works resumed-the object 1
know not-but the old, the
Asiatic renew'd as it must be,
Commencing from this day surrounded
by the world.
Walt Whitman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
THE BARRIERS TALE.

From orient to occident
The whole wide compass round,
There never yet lived barber man
Whose speech did not confound.
From Joliet to Jericho
The tribe talks on and on,
But in Chicago there is one
Who second is to none.
In State street does this razor man
His time and tongue employ,
Assisted by two other chaps
And one black-cOlored boy.
And as each eager customer
Takes up the masters chair
The barber tells him stories while
He cuts and trims his hair
One day a country farmer called,
Whose hair had run to waste,
And as he had a train to catch
Desired "cut" in haste.
"Be seated, sir" the barber said,
"To please you I'll not fall"
And straightway did that barber man
Begin weary tale.
Snip, snip, the merry scissors went,
Till many lock was shorn,
And still the BARRIERS tongue ran on
With story stale and worn.
Then out and spake that farmer man
In scOrnfullest retort,
Eyes, yes, good sir, I listen, but
For Gods sake cut it short!'
ooh, certainly" the barber said,
And quicker piled the shears,
And faster went his nimble tongue
About the farmers ears.
The victim kept his eyes close shut
And with his face distort
Cried out again, oh, barber man,
Why don't you cut it short?"
Your wishes, sir, shall be obeyed;
There isn't much more left;"
And heIter-skelter dashed his tongue
Till nigh of breath bereft
Then from his chair that farmer man
Jumped up with angry snort
And shouted, 81 can stand no more,
So 1 will cut it short!"
But when he his reflection caught
Within the mirror glass
He raved and swore and stamped
around
And cried, "You long-rongued ass!
You've only left me my bare scalp!
I'll drag you to the COURT"
Whereat the barber bowed and said,
you babe me cut it short"
81 meant VO1Ir tale Won h1Tndnriu
fool"
The cOuntryman exclaimed.
''You should have said so, then, good
sir"
The barber piped, unshamed
For words have meanings many, sir,
AS Webster doth report,
And if your train you want to catch
You'll have to cut it Short"
May Jones.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
GREAT ENDURANCE OF MOOSE.
1t Can Travel as Fast and Much Far
Their Than a Deer or Caribou

While the peculiar pacing gait of a
moose will not carry him over the
ground as rapidly as the deer or carl
bou, his endurance far surpasses that
of either of those animals. For
short squirt or in very deep snow the
caribou can easily discount the moose,
but for an all days jaunt, where the
course is fairly open, the moose has no
rival Many years ago when Sir Ed
mund Head was governor of the pro-
vince he owned a tanned moose that
performed remarkable feats of speed
and endurance. On one occasion the
governor wagered $500 that his
moose could travel from Fredericton
to ST. John over the ice, distance of
eighty-four miles, in faster time than
any team of horses in the stud of
Lord Hill of the Fifty-second regi-
ment. A sledge was attached to the
moose and another to the horses. The
river ice was covered with about
eight inches of snow The start was
made opposite government house at
g o'clock in the morning. In seven
hours the moose and his driver were
on Market square, st. John. Lord
Hills team was distanced, one of the
horses expiring at Gagetown and the
other reaching st. John three hours
behind the moose.-Lewiston, Me-.
Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30

bale is lifted forward and allowed to
drop, has catchy swing to it. Down
go the sharp hooks and the bale starts
up to fall with a quick thud. So does
the music.-Memphis Scimitar
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30
CHINKS.

New spheres of influence, since that
they are spheres,
Don't fit togeLher closely, and, me-
thinks,
We've here the reason why the Chinese
empire
Is made up quite exclusively Of
chinks.
Detroit Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30

A community in Alabama contain
ing 400 colored people and but two
white persons is about to be incorpo-
rated.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-30

Ryan, the Australian, was whipped
by Choynski in seven rounds.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-20

A style That May LargeIy suprIant
the old style Painted
Vehicle.


Inc conyent'onal DlacApa,n'su pus
gy VIII nave sharp conpsneion neAs
season py tne reviva. oi tne uel,an g
ior natural WOODS Aleauy nany =.
tne buggy inauu y = na's .A.u =
large STOCKS " hne woous any 81 ,.'' ,.s,,
Ing tnem up ~ . iai s. = sAl,e- y. - :
pleasure venicies ior sinsie ~, ses
Many samples are sno"n - "lnuo"s
around ine ei'y anu l,le ,'s Douls' :. e 80
promise OF having hsn'-coioieu Ass sa
lore Ior neSt year r.,.a ~
Inc Woous are hisuiy p9Asr @
In beauty VIII compare WIN the n'nu
soonest pianos. L.rcn' plru s-e5e na'is
and oak VIII pe the woous must sene,
ally used, because, Whiie tney nn,sn
beautifully, they are the cneapese' nc
oak Will be STAINED III some instances
giving 1t the rich gold ana darAer
shades.
Mahogany and peecn are the klnos
selected by these VINO prefer tne uecp
rich red shades. Mahogany aiso gives
considerable variation N coior' tnae
portion near the hear pelng darker
than the part close 10 the Dark OF tne
tree. Careful matching OF the snaoes
produces charming eHect. ASH ana
poplar augment the yeliow snaees'
Hard maple has good even eanK co!or
and walnut ranges from oarK 70 uget.
One order has been piacec ior rec ceuar'
and IT Is SAID 70 pe coming out oi ine
preparatory courses a reiharAaoiy
handsome production.
by lar the aandsomest wood Shatcan
be used, in my opinion sad an eApcfi-
enced Wabash avenue ouggy-naker re-
Gently, rs the sycamore ana 1aere WI
be number OF pdggies mace o. IT. l
made one IN Wisconsin years ago' aha
believe It was the pret'iss1 piece o.
wood ever saw, ana the coioilng ara
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-20
BOYCOTT RESOLUTION.
Petty Fight BY the First Ma
tionaI Bank.

Whereas, it has come to the
knowledge Of the directors of the
First National Bank that certain
articles have recently appeared in
a newspaper known as The Indian
Chieftain ref ecting upon the hon.
or ant integrity Of large part Of
the stockholders Of this bank and
also urging the officers Of the Uni
ted States to enter upon a course
Of unjustified hostility towards a
large part Of the stockholders Of
this bank, and it appears that the
attacks and insinuations made
therein are uncalled for and IN.
warranted and made out Of a spirit
Of malice,
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
directors of this bank, that this
bank do not further patronize said
paper and that the executive Of
ficers of this bank be instructed to
Withdraw all advertisements and
that hereafter to have all print
ing necessary for the bank done by
persons other than those interest
ed in or connected with said Indian
Chieftain.
Passed Oct. Is, 1899.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-20
SUBSTITUTE FOR TEA.
south American Leaf That Has All the
Properties of the Genuine
Article.

Our cup Of tea is threatened with a
rival in our affections and one no less
formidable than "mate," the tea substi-
tute of Buenos Ayres, Paraguay and
other South American territories. The
shrub from which it is made is the lex
paraguayensis and looks like an Eng
lish holly tree, which. IN fact, is one OF
its cousins. Not only the leaves are
used, but the whole plant-stalks, bark
and all--after being dried, is chopped
up rather finely and is ready for use.
The mate cups are made of gourds, the
stalk part forming sort of handle at
the side ard little opening is cut in
the top. The tea, stalks, dust, etc., are
put into the cup and boiling water is
poured over it. You take your mate
through tube-instead of a straw
with strainer at the end. Milk and
sugar can be added and the mate poured
into everyday cups, but that is not the
really professional way of taking it.
The beverage is paler and more bitter
than our own tea, but those who have
learned to like it drink it far more Law
ishly than we drink tea. In fact, Eng
lish residents in South America say
that mate is the one thing continually
in evidence there. Entering bank to
do business, the usual thing Is to have
smoke and q cup Of mate before mem
tioning the object Of the visit and at
every house the visitor learns that IL fs
breach of etiquette not to accept a
cup. At a party or circle Of friends a
larger mate cup is passed around and
everyone takes suck at the same tube.
Old stagers who have lived out in
South America for score or 30 Of years
cannot do without their mate and have
IL sent over here to them. but you may
break yourself Of the habit If It IL mot
too iDveterate. The British acting con-
sui at Paraguay is bringing the mate
under notice London Leader. \
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-20

Under the title of "Christian
Science and the Book of Mrs. Ed
dy," Mark Twain contributes to
the October Cosmopolitan" what
is the most remarkable magazine
article Of the month, if not of the
year. Twain discloses two phases
Of himself-the humorist and the
keen, far-sighted philosopher. He
handles the cult a bit severely,
perhaps, but he has his reasons
for so doing and he sets them
forth most forcibly. His abatement
concerning Mrs. Eddy's book Ii
characteristic Of it he says, at
lathe first lime since the dawn Of
Creation that Voice has gone
crsshing through space with snch
plScid and complacent confidence
and command /"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-20
FROM OTHER SANCTUMS.
Other Territory Papers on the
Chieftain Boycott.

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The Indian Chieftain has taken
d decided stand against the cattle
mon Of The Cherokee nation, and
has caused a great deal Of excite
mont in vinita. We think The
.Chieftain is right in this, and
should be upheld to the letter. -
Chelsea Reporter.
"Muzzle not the OK that treadeth
out the grain" is very apt quota
ton in favor of the newspaper
man, and modified to suit the sub
ject would be "Muzzle not the
newspaper that giveth out the
truth AS one said not long since,
the press is power, in large
measure the mold which casts pub
lie opinion, and surely strictly
facts only should make up this
mold. 1t is the watch dog which
thieves fear, and should be the
weapon which all destroyers Of the
public good should tear. But
when the press is manipulated by
men who fear power and who cater
to its whims for the sake of per-
sonal favor, it is degraded and its
true end and aim aborted. Indian
Citizen.
We are glad to see that the vi
nita Chieftain has come out for
law and order, truth and justice,
condemning men and measures
that place everything upon mon
ey basis. This is the right po-
sition to assume and maintain by
newspapers as well as individuals.
People actuated by mercenary mo-
tives can never be right, and never
success in life, although they
succeed in accumulating millions.
Men die, riches vanish, nations
perish and empires pass away, but
principles live forever. The great
Socrates uttered a sublime truth
when be said: "Amathes and En-
ethes (his principal accusers) may
kill me indeed, but injure me,
never" They could kill the NOR
tai body, but the principles for
which this great and good man
died shall live forever.
The love Of money is founded on
selfish and sensual desires, the
basis of sin and misery-a real
hell.
"Who lives in darkness and in
SIN,
Already dwells in hell within. !"
Truly, "the love of money is
the root of all evil" "He is the
freeman whom the truth makes
free, and all are slaves besides. /"
"They are slaves who dare not be
Tn the right with two or three" I"
We congratulate The Chieftain
on the stand which it has taken in
the cause of truth and justice,
which will ultimately triumph
Fort Gibson Post.
Vinita Chieftain saws the COW.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-20

The esteemed Muskogee Phoenix
characterizes the tribal tax law as
malignant and unjust. Now, when
the conditions here in the terri
tory are analysed it will be seen
that these laws were never so re-
garded till the interior department
attempted to put them in force.
Under the tribal administration
the cattlemen and others were
able TO defeat the Indians every
time, and defed their laws, refus-
ing to pay tax as required by
law. Now if the United States
government attempts to keep
faith with the Indians and to
collect their revenues the cry of
malignant law is raised. We say
that it does not lie in the mouths
OF citizens of the United States or
of citizens of the tribes now to
raise the cry ofunjust and onerous
laws. Let the tribes have that
which is unquestionably theirs.
Fifty cents per head for grazing
cattle whole season is not an ex-
tortionate tax, but is really a very
light tax. The tax Of ten cents
per ton on coal 10 not extortionate
and SO of all their taxes. They
are reasonable and ought to
be paid. This is perhaps more
especially true in the Cherokee
nation than in the Creek, but in
either instance it is the law and
the interior department should
not be hampered nor hindered in
its endeavor to enforce it.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-10-20

Vinita Chieftain says the COW.
men have organized a boycott on
that paper because of its attitude
on the revenue question. People
sometimes try that scheme on pa
pers, but probably the best treat
ment of them is to say nothing
about the matter. When a prom
inent citizen gets mad because the
editor gives expression to opinions
or states facts, it is not worth the
while to dignity the p. G. by giving
him free advertising. Let him
swell up by himself and by and by
he will find that bis neighbor has
also been hit somewhere and he
will be tiokled nearly to death and
declare that after all the editor is
mighty fine man. Phoenix.