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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
A RARE COMPLIMENT.

Senator Spooner of Wisconsin is on
of the most eloquent men in the uppe
house inimitable on the stump, an
credited with being able to dc about a
he pleases with his audiences, says
Washington correspondent. A frien
and admirer who has known the SEM
tor from boyhood is authority for tt
following story: Some years ag
when taking part in a symposium
the northern part of the state, Senate
Spooner was making an impassion'
appeal to his audience, in the midst
which the master of ceremoni
touched him on the shoulder, an
pointing to the clock, indicated that b
time had expired. Quick as flash
woman rose from her seat, and, noun
ing chair in front of the seat, thre
her shawl over it's face, amid tt
laughter and cheers of the audient
and to the dismay of the master :
ceremonies. It is doubtful if Senate
Spooner ever received prettier con
pliment.- kansas City Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
CARE OF RINGS.

Don't wear your rings under gloves
unless you remeber to have them thor
oughly examined twice a year. is the
advice given by jeweler to writer in
Woman's Life. The constant friction
wears out the tiny gold points that hold
the stones in place, and unless strict
attention is paid to them they become
loose in a very short time. Sma'
purses of suede leather are made o.
purpose for rings, or any soft pouch o.
skin or chamois may be used to place
the rings in when desiring to carry
them about with one. They should
never be put into the ordinary pocket
book, as the rubbing against coins is
also bad for them. Diamonds can be
cleaned at home to look as well as
when done by a jeweler if only little
trouble is taken. They should be thor
oughly cleaned in alcohol and then pol
ished with lockwood saWdust. Pine
sawdust is too oily for this purpose.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

versity of Pennsylvania and well
known throughout this country and
Europe is dead at Philadelphia, Pa,
aged 81 years.
Two Mississippi river steamers
burned to the waters edge at their
dock at ST. Louis and sleeping pas
sengers were panic-stricken. One man
is dead, another is missing and third
is badly hurt Sparks from a fire
mans pipe caused the fire.
Herman Miller, a resident of Chi
cago for forty years, and a carpenter
contractor, died at his residence, No.
No. 6S7 Elk Grove avenue. He was
80 years old. A widow and three sons
survive him. He was the father of
Charles H. Miller of the board of
trade.
At Cincinnati two great Masonic
bodies held their triennial sessions
the general grand chapter and the
general grand council-the highest de-
grees of the York rite below that Of
Knight Templar. The reports showed
membership of 31.500. Over 200 del
egates were present.
Miss Griffin of Dundas Ont, was
shot and killed while out driving with
George Pearson of Hamilton. Accord
ed by rig from which two shots
were fired One Of these struck Miss
Griffin in the head. He carried her
into a farmhouse, where she died.
Word was received from Frank
Hastings Of Chicago announcing the
death of his father, L. R. Hastings,
the veteran stoci man, at his ranch in
the west. Hastings was born in Ohio
seventy years aEo. He entered the
stock business when a boy, purchasing
around Danville, Ill, and driving them
to Philadelphia. He was married on
Dec. 8, 1857, and year later moved to
Chicago.
Rev. Hugh w. Guthrie, a retired
minister of the Presbyterian church
died in Chicago During a large part
of his life Dr.. Guthrie was connected
with the synod of Ohio. He was edu-
Gated at the Ohio university, at
Athens and the Allegheny Theological
seminary. Dr. Guthrie leaves three
daughters, Mrs. H. D. Hinckley OF
Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. Ella D. Noble and
Miss Mary G. Guthrie of Chicago.
| Edward Gurley, an insane negro
giant, was killed in Algiers, La, after
thrilling hour. He cut his black
roommates throat. Gurley was pur-
sued by Corporal Conan and the pc
lice, but he took the officers clubs
away from them, nearly killing the
corporal With the aid of other men
they finally beat the negro with clubs
and other weapons until he was
pounded to death. The negro victim
and Corporal Conan will recover.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
OLD-TIME WAR SURGERY.
Dreadful Neglect of Wounded on the
Field of Waterloo.

Just now it is interesting to read of
Sir G. Bells surgical campaign after
the battle of Waterloo. Speaking Of
one days experience he says:
'@This is the second Sunday after the
battle and many are not yet dressed.
1t is impossible to convey to you the
picture of human misery before my
eyes At 6 o'clock a. m. took the
knife in my hand and continued inces-
sanity at work till in the evening,
and so the second day, and again on
the third
Cali the decencies of performing
surgical operations were soon neglect
ed. While amputated one man S
thigh there lay at one time thirteen,
all beseeching to be taken next-one
full of entreaty, one calling on me to
take him, another execrating. 1t was
a strange thing to feel my clothes stiff
with blood and my arms poWerless
with the exertion of using the knife.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
OVERHEAD RIGHTS.

Althouh any one may extend
overhead wire across or along a stre'
it does not seem generally known th
no wire may pass over house witho
the permission of the proprietor. ev'
though the wire be in no way connect
with the house. The owner may, if
p1eases, take them all down, for hi
freehold extends from the center of thu
earth up to the sky. The landlord O
a large clearinghouse on Beacon Hill
made the electric light company pro
vide bulbs for the lighting of his din
ing-room in return for the privilege O
stringing wires upon his roof.-BostoI
Courier.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
THE CHINESE WAR.

American missionaries were butch
erred bv Chinese soldiers as late as
Aug. 10.
Socialists in session at Mainz de-
manded that Germany keep her hands
off China.
The kaiser's demand for vengeance
is considered to be practically a de-
claration of war.
Prince Tuan and other boxer
leaders have been promoted by the
empress of China.
Germanys note on China, forces Nc
Kinley to take sides in Europe's quar-
rels or act independently.
Pei-Ta-C hu, the famous eight tenn
pies near Pekin, was taken by an
Anglo-American expedition.
Military operations are resumed by
the allied powers against the box
ers'' to obtain food and coal.
The Pei-Tang fort, captured by the
allies was found deserted. Three
thousand Chinese troops escaped.
The Berlin press severely censures
the Washington government for refus-
ing to accept Germany's proposals.
Commissioner Rockhill is said to
favor the removal of United States
troops from Pekin as soon as possible
The United States is said to have
proof that Russia's Office to evacuate
Pekin concealed a plan to seize Man
churia.
The United States will send six wal
vessels to re-enforce the Asiatic fleet
as the president fears worldwide
war is impending.
England regrets the course of the
United States in China and thinks thai
this nation puts too much faith il
Chinese promises.
Germany has taken the ground thai
the instigators of the Chinese out
RACES should be surrendered as nee.
essary preliminary to peace.
Germany presents fresh demands te
China, demanding the destruction o.
coast defenses and the Yang-tse forts
as preliminary to peace negotiations
All the European cabinets are until
ing in trying to persuade Germany tc
abandon it's demand for the surrender
of the leaders responsible for the
butcheries in Pekin.
Mckinley hurriedly consulted witt
advisers over the crisis forced by Ger
many and ascertained what naval and
military preparations are made by
the American forces.
President Mckinley has decided or
his China policy. 1t is said all Amer
lean troops will be sent to the Philip
pines, where a threatened uprising
renders their aid necessary.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
THE WOMAN AND THE EDITOR.

The Baltimore American traces this
bit of local color:
She wept.
ooh, you editors are horrid," she
sobbed.
what is the trouble, MADAME" in
quired the editor, as he blue-penciled
two paragraphs that had come as an
inspiration to the young man who was
taking up journalism
Why, I-boo-hoo-I sent in an
obituary of my husband, and--boo-
hoo-and said in it that he had been
married for 20 years, and you-oo-co
-boo-hoo-your printers set it up
worried for 20 years.
She wept.
But the editor grinned.
Perhaps it was all right, all
round"
Who knows?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
ALL AFTER Mr.. RoCKAFED--a

DR.. Harper of the University of Chi
cago has British rivals in his designs
on John D. Rockefeller's millions.
When the oil king visited London in
July, his presence at the Savoy hotel
had not been chronicled more than "a
hours before hundreds of letters began
to arrive for him. His secretary
opened only enough to observe thatev-
cry mendicant and institution in the
empire was possessed of a desire to
make the acquaintance of the Rookie
Teller munificence. The applications
ranged from requests for ton OF coal
to petitions for the endowment of col
leges and orphan asylums, and they
are still coming. Mr. Rockefeller will
return to London late in the fall
There awaits him at the Savoy bundle
of letters nearly two feet sQuare.-Lon-
don correspondence st. Paul Dispatch.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
DOM ESTIC.

Tod Sloan signed to ride for the
prince of Wales.
The entire village Of Omer. Mich,
was wiped out by fire.
John Manderfield is dead of heart
disease at Houghton, Mich.
Daniel Steinman Of Paterson, N. J.,
died from the sting of a bee.
Congressman Joe Bailey of Texas
bet $4,000 on Bryan's election.
Hard coal stays at 81 in Chicago, but
a rise in price is expected soon.
An eastern syndicate seeks to buy
out the 100000 oatmeal trust
Chicago's gifts to the Galveston suf-
ferers passed the 100000 mark.
The famed Schweinfurth announced
his intentions to become a pastor.
Connecticut democrats hold their
state convention and named a ticket.
New York dealers announce an in
crease of ST. per ton for anthracite
coal.
Peter Roos is dead at Sycamore, Ill,
of bronchitis and asthma, aged So
years.
John Markle, representing the great
est coal-mining firm in the world, and
President Mitchell Of the Mine Work
ers' Union debated the strike issue at
Hazelton.
John Sherman has returned to
Washington to spend his declining
days.
Pittsburgs team, by recent victories
has a chance to win the baseball pen
nant.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
IN JAIL.

A funny story is told of the governor
of a certain prison On being appoint
ed to the position he was taken by the
prison chaplain into the chapel, where
the prisoners were assembled in a
body. The chaplain presented him to
the company with the remark that he
would say few words. The govern
or was bashful man, and unaccus-
toned to speechmaking. He STAN
mered, suffered, blushed, and fall
tered: Ladies-er-no-gen tle-that
is, men and fellow-p prisoners er-I
can't make a speech. In fact, all-er
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
FOREIGN.

Berlin police restore big booty Sc
cured by burglars.
Komatipoort, boer stronghold, was
taken by the British.
DR.. hansen and the duke d Abruzzi
plan a big polar expedition.
The German colonial society will try
to raise cotton in west Africa.
Two more cases Of the bubonic
plague are discovered in Glasgow.
French troops lost 28 men in two
conflicts with tribesmen in the Sahara.
One death and an additional case OF
the bubonic plague is reported at Glas-
gov.
Fire at Roubaix, France, destroyed
a vast amount of wool and cotton
goods.
Herr Bebel induces socialists to par
ticipate in Prussian parliamentary
elections.
Kaiser Wilhelm honors Vice Presi-
dent Ward of the Commercial Cable
company
Justin Mccarthy, famous Irish lead
er in parliament, Ietires on account Ct
i'll health
Thirty-six persons were killed and
many wounded in a mine explosion in
Bohemia.
The session of the state-general was
opened at The Hague with a speech
by Queen Wilhelmina
Concession holders at the Paris fair
threaten to close unless their claims
are submitted to arbitration.
wenty lives were lost in a collision
in Cardigan bay, Wales, between the
steamers Gordon Castle and Stormarn.
Lord Roberts reports that the beers
have fled from the British in all d.
rections and their struggle is hopeless.
Corbett sailed for New York under
an assumed name and says he will sue
the newspapers who have aspersed
him.
Lord Salisbury issues a manifesto
calling for a parliamentary majority
to teach the beers that resistance is
useless.
French force in the Sahara fought
two engagements with the Beraber
tribe. Twenty-six men were killed or
wounded.
President Lcubet of France gives q
dinner to the mayors of French mu-
inequalities. Twenty thousand guests
are in attendance.
United States charge d'affaires at
Constant1nople demands the release
of an Armenian who, it is claimed, is
a naturalized American citizen.
President Kruger will go to Holland
on warship placed at his disposal by
the Dutch government instead of sail
ing on the German steamer Herzog.
Lord Salisbury is said to have re-
ceived an anonymous letter of a
threatening character, which has led
to increased watchfulness on the part
of the police.
The London Times confirms the re-
port that Charles T. Yerkes has
purchased the franchise of the Char
ing Cross, Euston and Hampstead I'M
derground railroad.
England will have it's parliamentary
elections next week. Because OF the
early date thousands of votes are dis
franchised. The success of the con-
servatives is considered certain.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
TOMATOES WITH MACARONI.

Boil in sailed water as much maca
roni as is needed; peel and slice som
ripe tomatoes or use canned ones. Pu
in a buttered baking dish layer G
macaroni, then layer of tomatoes
add salt, pepper, little butter and
teaspoonful of chill sauce; put in alter
nate layers until the dish is full, and Q
the top put craker crumbs. Bak
The chilli sauce gives it fine flavor.
civilian, poor man came alonga
asked for a hat"
''What did you do?"
ST gave him your Sunday hat"
"What on earth did you 90 that for
''Well, I knew you need your old or
to wear when you go fishing
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
TOMATOES WITH RICE.

Cover the bottom of well-buttered
baking dish with layer of cooked
well-seasoned rice; then add layer of
chopped tomatoes; sprinkle with salt
and bits of butter; then layer of rice;
then one of chopped tomatoes, and sea-
soning, and so on until the dish is full
enough. Use two cups of rice, a heap
ing tablespoonful of salt, a quarter
teaspoonful of pepper Bake half an
hour. Spread bread crumbs over the
top
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

The war department has complete
arrangements for bringing home tn
remains of about 1881 soldiers an
sailors who lost their lives in th
Philippines, China, Hawaii and Guam
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

George Vanderbilt is defraying til
expenses of an expedition to Java +
David J. Walters of New Haven, w
proposes to search for the remains {
the pithecanthropus erectus.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

all I can say s-er-er-that I'm very
glad indeed to see so many of you
here!"-New York Press.
Evening journal., 1900-03-19
Gasoline In Milllnerv.

Gasoline is very useful in renewing
old millinery, for the hat itself as wen
Us the trimmings First remove all
garniture, brush the felt thoroughly.
being careful to brush it the way the
nap runs, then dampen a piece of soft
cloth and clean it as you do glove, a
space at a time, being careful these
spaces do not show n sOiled line about
them, which line may be prevented 10y
brisk rubbing with a clean dry cloth
Hang the hat in the open air for
half hour, when the odor has disap-
peared and il is ready to be retrimmed
unless the shape is injured, when a
little ingenious pressing over a bowl
or tin pail will give it a really fresh
appearance, and if wired it can he
bent into n more modern shape, so
that even its owner will not detect its
antiquity. While the hat is being aired
attend TO the trimmings. picking out
all Old stitches. then dipping the rib
bon in the gasoline and rubbing it Wig
Orously to remove all sOilure. SILK, vel
vet and net stuffs are cleansed IN the
same manner, also lace and chiffon
which, however. must not be handled
clumsily, a gentle squeezing only be-
ing necessary. After hanging in the
open air they may be pressed, the thin
goods needing only a moderately hot
oven. while the ribbon should be wet
ted then Sawed" briskly under n
quite hot iron. which usually removes
the wrinkles. returns the crispnesa
and leaves il fresh and clean without
any tell-tale gloss. Velvet needs to be
steamed to raise the crushed nap. This
is done in two ways. by holding the
wrong side over n boiling tea kett G
and by moving It back and forth over
hot iron upon which a cloth wrung
In cold water has been laid. the latter
restoring the stiffness of the body as
well as raising the nap.
Evening journal., 1900-03-19
Women As census Enumeratara.

Women viii be employed both as
enlmerators and as clerks in the com,
p.lati0n Of the census Of 1860. and the
bureau expects that numbers of the ~
Wiil apply for these positions Women
we're first employed in this labor In
1850. In 1890 women again found &C.
eupation as Clerks and as census TAX
srs, though then, rs now. the fact that
women We.e eligible to these positions
was not as widely known as it should
have been.
There are many reasons why this
employment for women Is most suit
able. In the first place. as the woi k
only lasts for a few weeks or months
and then ceases absolutely. II has cl.
ways been found difficult to find the
best men for a labor which offeis no
permanency Of support while there
many women so situated that they are
glad 10 have the opportunity to earn
good sum OF money in some occupa-
lion which will not take the whole OF
their time. The service is not severe
especially in cities and towns, where
he dwellings are crowded together
and person can work all day collect
Ing the names Of the inhabitants of &
few llocks Another point which de
serveD consideration il that the cen
sus enumerators as 4 rule secs only
women in the homes which must be
visited. as the calls are made during
the hours when men are away on bus
mess.
The number OF persons who will be
employed in securing the facts for thu
census Of 1900 reaches mp into the
tens of thousands. 1t is TO be hoped
that many women win find remunsra
ton for their labor in this most suita
bic occupation.
Evening journal., 1900-03-19

hair IT some Filipino belle or lighted
some Filipino home. The beans first
come on the boards bitter and brack-
ish. with a rolling pin the Chinaman
grinds them into a fine powder. This
takes time When II is done he opens
another basket and dips out the sugar
for the sweetening and the final mix
ture. The sugar is what would prob
ably grade coffee c" II Il were in COM
mercial circles. Like the bean, II
grows on the island. Industriously the
Chlnaman rubs. and gradually the cho-
colate forms on the bottom Of the
board and drips of in sticky sweetness
into the basket beneath. The family
gathers about TO sample the product
and the Chinaman stops to smoke a
cigarette while judgment is being pass
ed Cups Of the beverage are handed
around and all taste" II IL is not
sweet enough the manufacturer throws
more sugar on his board and drops in
another pinch Of vanilla and cinnamon
for the havoring. When II is right"
he goes to work and for several hours
rubs away at his task. The deposit be-
low the rolling pin is a brown sub
stance that is soft and moist, while
above II Is to all appearances a dry
powder and sugar. The little ones
gather about. and IL there is an older
daughter perhaps she sits down on the
floor In front Of the Chinaman and
watches the growing pile.
Such was the case in the house of a
Spaniard when I called recently. The
young lady sat there and idly watched
the manufacture of the edible, and
when a little brother came she took
his head in her lap and he lay there
with her watching the browns skinned
I Chinaman rub and rub the sugar into
the other ingredients. It was insisted
that I should sample the finished ar
ticle, and / found it very good.
The chocolate before it is chocolate
is cacao bean. and the cacao bean is a
/ speculative crop at best. First, It
| takes four years to raise a crop. The
plants grow only ten feet in height.
They are subject to insect attacks. and
when the fruit is nearly ripe and ready
to pick a windstorm may come along
and break II from the tree. AS long
ago as the seventeenth century the
work OF raising cacao began in the
/ Philippines. Then priests brought the
bean here from Mexico. In Mexico the
tree grows twenty-five or thirty feet
tall and the crop is not always an un-
certain quantity. Here, however, only
those planters who can afford TO lose
a crop oftener than they harvest raise
I the cacao bean.
The fourth year the fruit comes, and
when ripe it is filed with seeds that
are not unlike almonds in shape, grow
inf In a pulp like the seeds of a water
melon. These seeds are separated from
the pulp by hand and dried in the sun
| then the shell is taken on and the bean
is further dried. Then IL Is ground into
powder and the oil extracted.
Within the radius Of a few days
Evening journal., 1900-03-19
KfIlino Cattle.

Cattle are most readily ard convent
emily destroyed by blows on the head
with a heavy AK or hammer followed
by immediate bloOd-letting The ami
NAL which is to be killed should be Sc
cured by means of a rope passed
round the horns and fastened 10 a
post, or to n ring in the floor, and held
or made fast by an assistant. The ami
NAL being blindfOlded. the operator,
armed with n heavy axe or hammer.
stands at the side and a little in front
of it, and aims his blow at n spot in
the middle of a line drawn across the
forehead about IL in below the base
of the horns, or. perhaps better, at a
spot where two diagonal lines inter
sect, drawn from the eyes to the base
of the horns. In most cases, IL the
blow is heavy and properly directed,
the animal falls instantly; but it is
better even then to repeat the blow
and to follow it by immediate bleed
ing. This is accomplished either by
drawing back the head, and cutting
deeply across the neck at the upper
portion of the windpipe, severing all
the blood vessels. or by plunging q
long and sharp-pointed knife into tine
heart and large bloodvesseis az &
point corresponding TO the upper por-
ton of the brisket, and just above the
breast bone.