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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
NIAGARA is PASSING AWAY.
Those Who Wish To See 1t Must DC
So Within a Couple of Centuries.

Investigation of the region of the
great lakes by G. K. Gilbert, of the
United States geological survey, has
brought out the fact that this whole re-
gion is being lifted on one side or de-
pressed on the other in such a manner
that it's plane is tilted bodily toward
the southwest. The shores of each of
the lakes are sinking on their south
western and rising on their northwest
ern sides. the rate of the movment
being such that the two ends of line
100 miles long running southwest and
northwest are displaced relatively
four-tenths of foot in a hundred
years. In Lake Superior, to illustrate
by single example, the waters are adj
vancing on the American and falling
on the Canadian side At Duluth the
advance is six inches, and at Huron
Bay the recession is five inches in a
a hundred years.
At Chicago, on the sinking shore of
Lake Michigan, the water is rising at
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
NEW FAST-FERING RIFL4 EII..

An Australian inventor has produced
a rifle which fires forty shots a minute.
but this speed has often been sur
passed. More than twenty-five years.
ago the Soper rifle, single-shot breechl
loader, was fired sixty times in one.
minute The first magazine rife, that
used in the American civil war, fred
only ten shots a minute. Then came
the Spencer, ? which emptied its mag
azine of seven shots in ten. seconds.
Probably forty shots minute is the
average maximum Of modern service
rifles, but there are automatic rifles, in
principal similar to the Maxim, which
can fire ten shots a second, the diff
Guilty being to supply the ammunition
quickly enough for minutes contin-
uous firing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
And SO, She Went Forth.

The moment had come for the
maiden in the ancient ballade to es-
cape from the batt1ement tower.
But" she faltered, shrinking sud-
denly back, "my hair is not sufficient
ly fuxuriant to serve me in the stead
of attire!"
The good fairy, who was nothing if
not resourceful, bethought herself to
bark forward few centuries.
There is enough of it to pass for
a rainy day ccstumen" cried the good
fairy, in all confidence
Hereupon there seemed to be no
reason why the regular program
should not be proceeded with.-De-
troit Journal
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
Could not Translate 1t.

Hiram had returned home from coll
Iege, where he had won high honors
as q student of the ancient languages,
but he 'fell down. enc day when his
sister, a demure young girl in her
teens, asked him to translate a sign
she had seen in front of an opticians
Office which read thus: Con sultu sa5o.
utyo urey es. Hiram struggled man
fully with it for several minutes and
gave it up. cit isn't good Latin" he
said. There are some words in. it
that are Latin, but the others are
either wrong in termination or are
barbarisms from ether languages,
and taken as a whole, it doesn't make
sense" .'That is what said" re-
Joined his sister, "but Keturah, out
in the kitchen, translates it without
any trouble. She says it means,
Consult us about your eyes Where
upon Hiram ENTHUSIASTICALLY Com
panfon.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
HE BAsELY DECEIVED HER.
Why the Young Woman Broke off the
Engagement.

Why the Young Woman Broke off the
Engagement.
$50 your engagement is broken?"
said the girl in gray.
eyes it is" replied the girl in
brown, frowning at the recollection.
what was the matter?"
HE basely deceived me-" answered
the girl in brown. you see, it was
this way I asked him one day to
promise me that he never again
would smoke cigarettes, and he prom
Used. Then l asked him to refrain
from the use of tobacco in any form,
and he promised to do that. Later l
told him had a horror of anyone who
touched liquor, and he agreed never
to touch it. After that I suggested
that I thought clubs had a bad in
fluence on young men and should
expect him to give them up, and he
said he would I also took up the
subject Of gambling, and made him
promise that he would stop playing
cards and betting on the races"
well, you didn't demand a great
deal Of him, did you?" said the girl
in gray. II suppose he deceived you
in the matter?"
ssHe did"
Broke his promise, did he?"
ooh, no! I could have forgiven that.
But just when I was congratulating
myself that I at least had reformed
one young man I found that he didn't
require any reforming. He wasn't
addicted to a single one of the habits
I made him promise to break. 1t was
a terrible shock and I broke the en-
gagement at once. There was no,
longer anything in it to make it in
teTesting."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
A Matter of Custom.

Il can't see the Justice" said Tooler
''in condemning the Mormons for driv-
ing their wives four-in-hand because
we prefer to hitch ours tandem. -
Smart Set.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
A Dramatic Recital.

For 120 miuntes," continued the ex-
dispatcher, 81 lived over every small
lest detail of my life followed those
trains, mentally, over every inch of
the division. I knew just about where
they must come together 1t would
occur on a sharp curve where neither
would see the other until it would be
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
No Use to Worry.

Bessie don't know whether I
shall accept Jack Goodcatch or not.
Flora-Well, don't worry about it,
dear. Jack knows you will.-Smart
Set
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
CHAPTER VII.
1.-THE Face of A Man Who Has no
Heart"

Heart"
Sybil Jocelyn laid her golden head
to rest that night without any shadow
of her fast-coming fate upon her
She was simply unutterably happy
The ripping of the brook, the soft
sweet dance music, Captain Ayrton's
whispered words, all filled her heart
with music that lulled her to sleep;
and the elder sister, going in an hour
afterward to see if the darling af the
house was at rest, found her sleeping
soundly, th rcse-leaf lips parted with
a happy sm11e; and Irene Jocelyn, with
the gravity of a woman who has hoped
and lost, knelt by Sybil, and prayed
Heaven to keep her child from harm.
1t was the morning sun that woke
her, shining full, warm, and bright
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
Forgot the Extra Train.

" SO6 NsAS 1871 u $500
ri was working what we called the
third trick from midnight to 8
o'clock in the morning. Our office
controlled nearly 500 miles of track.
We had three mountain ranges on our
division, and every railroad man
knows what that means to a dispatcher.
1t was necessary to split all our freight
trains into several sections to cross.
these mountains, and as we had only
q few telegraph offices, and those we
did have were far apart, we had to do
some pretty close figuring to prevent
delay of trains. This sort of work is.
sufficiently trying in cool climate; in
a land where everyone was constantly
on the verge of collapse it was rend-
cred doubly hard.
"One night in August | went on
duty as usual at midnight and received
the transfer of everything OH the di-
vision We opened a new train sheet.
at II O'Clock, and, after checking off
with a blue pencil all the trains that
had reached their destination, [ placed
this new sheet over that used the pre-
vious day. There was an order on the.
book to run regular westbound water
train ahead of time for a point ait
about the middle of the division, and
at 1 o'clock I started it out. I must
have been half asleep when I gave.
that order to the operator, for I neg
lected to do what every dispatcher
does, what I had done always before
issuing running orders-I failed. to
look at the old train sheet Had I
done so I might still be train dis
patcher instead of general manager
Now AL of you know that a train run
an extra only Ten minutes after re-
ceiving the report of the departure of
that water train I glanced at the old
sheet. What [ saw sent the blood to
my head with a rush, for away up i'm
one corner Of the sheet I saw that an
extra was coming east. had sense
enough left to call up that station
from which the water train had just
departed, in the hope that it might
have fingered in the yard and might
still be stopped by the switchmen. But
it was too late. What could I do?
There was not another night office on
that part of the division andtwo trains
were rushing toward each other with
nothing to warn them of the wreck
that [ knew must occur.
II have heard OF mems hair turning
white in single night and I have
read Of others being driven mad under
conditions more favorable than those
through which I lived for two hours
that August night
1t was becoming interesting. Sew
eral outsiders moved their chairs
closer to that Of the speaker and the
clerk so far forgot his dignity as to
join the group.
A Dramatic Recital.
For 120 miuntes," continued the ex-
dispatcher, II lived over every small
lest detail of my life. I followed those
trains, mentally, over every inch of
the division. I knew just about where
they must come together. 1t would
occur on a sharp curve where neither
al
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-15
TRAIN DISPATCHER TELLS STORY
OF HIS LAST TRICK"
OVERLOOKED AN ORDER
Expected That a Terrible Collision
Would ResuIt-MentaI Torment
While Waiting for News That
Came Not-ThrIling Tale of Actual
Experience.

There were four Of them and they
were seated in the corridor Of the Mid
land hotel the other evening, smokin g
and talking over the experiences of
their younger days. All of them were
railroad officials whose names are
familiar the land over. None was less
than so years old and all had reached
the age when the hopes and ambitions
Of life have either been realized or
laid carefully away, like faded flow
ers, never to be looked at again, per-
haps, except with regret. But the
world had treated them kindly and
they had watched each other climb up
the ladder step by step, steadily, per-
severingly, until the top had been
reached and the long-delayed and we'll
earned reward had come.
ut is very easy to get into the
wrong department of a railroad said
one Of the group, a portly man with
hair that was snowy white. II made
that mistake in the very beginning of
my career. Went into the operating
department and it required one Of the
severest lessons of my life to teach me
that I didn't belong there. Let me tell
you about it. The first position Of i'm
portance that | ever held on a railroad
was as dispatcher on one Of the
western roads, in the hottest country
the sun shines upon in this hemis-
phere today. 1t happened in Arizona
The heat was SO intense that to sleep
was utterly impossible until nature
became exhausted. During the day the
thermometer frequently registered 100
and I remember how we used to hold
a lighted cigar under the instrument
just as the overland passenger train
pulled in at noon with tourists almost
Frustrated. And many a hearty laugh
we had, too, as they gazed wonder
ingly at the thermometer with the
mercury up to the highest point, after
which they would send scores Of tele-
grams to friends in the east describing
the heat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-28

Nol There's q cross for every one, And there's a cross for me"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-28
KEEPER FACED DEATH
tn a Husa 9ytaon.s Cons, =het rvaa
 Rescued,

tn Husa 3ytaon.s Coilss bpt Evan
 Rescued.
 Either of saa saze big pythoas Just brought here sl4, ne steamer Affidii fer the Eee1X FarA zoo, would easily rush tIss st0s of horse in it's terrible embrace. One of the ssrpents is twen- ty-seven feet six inches long, the other Is at least twenty-six feet long, and aa pig around as a water pail Keeper Horan on Wednesday afternoon had 3 half minute of time which could easily nave ended his career. Around his body wound q coil of the tweHty-six- foot python. He was not hurt. The other keeper rushed in and as quick is human hands could work released him. But for oae instant Horan. d. most paralyzed by the situation. could not know whether ke would sleep that night on his bed or on his bier. There were two pythons which Eoran was directed to measure. The female py- tnon was stretched cut at full length and the tape was applied. Then Horan applied the tape to the male python. Chat also lay stretched out ruotionless. He had measured off nearly half the length when the huge reptile seemed suddenly to awake. There was a shout os warning from Keeper Snyder and the others who were watching the Measurement, but before Horan could stand erect the whole huge body Of the python had suddenly taken life. The great head was suddenly raised, the great mass of ringed muscle had swept around in living coil, and Hofan, pale as death, stood transdxed with terror. Snyder and his assistants flashed into the cage They knew that .he reptile was still semitorpi1 wis7 cold. Fearlessly they caught hold og the great body and shouted to Hofan so jump out of the living circle. He lid so. The men left the cage and the python lazily stretched out it's fuII length and sank again into the totpor Sf eold.--New YosE Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-28
Wons4 Geninsee.

Many of the most useful novelties of the day were evolved by women. Silk weaving was invented by the wife Of the fourth Chinese emperor; bronze work by a Japanese woman. the weay- lng of cashmere shawls by a woman of the Indial harem, and the lost secret of Venetian point lace was rediseov- cred by an Italian woman. Harriet Hosmer invented way to make mar. hle from limestone. Mrs. Strong. who began by inventing a corset. ended by taking out patents for dams and reser. voirs. 4 woman invented a satehel bottom paper bag and was offered S20.- 900 for her patent before leaving Washington. A Texas woman invented digging machines an English woman q horseshoe; a Florida woman a rail- road car. and an Illinois woman car hea ter,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-28
In His Steps.
Continued from page 3

have erred in not stirring their deeper life Caxton, my friend, have spoken my inmost thought to you Shall go back to my people next Sunday and stand up before them in my large city church and say, Let us follow Jesus closer; let us walk in his steps, where it will cost us something more than 1t is costing US now let us pledge not to do anything without first asking What would Jesus do?' If I should go before them with that message. it would be strange and startling one to them But why2 Are we not really to follow him all the way? What is it to be a follower of Jesus2 What does it mean to initiate him2 What does it mean to walk in his steps r.
 The Rev Calvin Bruce. D. D., of the Nazareth Avenue church, Chicago, let his pen fall on the paper He had come to the parting of the ways, and his question, he felt sure, was the question of many and many a man in the min istry and in the church. He went to his window and opened it He was op- pressed with the weight of his conyic- tions, and he felt almost suffocated with the air Of the room. lie wanted to see the stars and feel the breath of the world
 The night was very still The clock in the First church was striking mid night As it finished clear, strong voice down in the direction of the Rec tansle came floating up to him as if borne on radiant pinions
 ''Must Jesus bear the cross alone
 And all the world go free2
 Nol There's q cross for every one,
 And there's cross for me-
 It was the voice of one of Gray's old converts, night watehman at the packing houses. who sometimes solaced his lonesome hours by a verse or two from some familiar hymn
 The Rev Calvin Bruce turned away from the window. and after little hesitation he kneeled down What would Jesus dol What would Jesus do2' Never had he yielded himself so completely to the Spirit searehingre- vealing of Jesus. He was on his knees a long t1fle Eie retired and slenf t'tzz with many awakening .s rs e it was clear dawn ant .zz7 oPen his window again As the light in the east grew stronger he repeated to himself IVY bat world Jesus do2 What would he do2 Shall fellow his s4eps?''
 The sun rose and =haoGed the city with it's power When sfsal fhe dawn Of new aiseip3esHip asH4er ia fhe#con- auering triumph of aZc!ose3 walk wi6h JesRs When shafl Ghristea6om tread more closely the path h. aaGe7
 f is f}ae @ay the Master tred.
 sllall not the scfzsni fraad E stiil2
 With this question ehg48b5ne through his whole being the Bav Calvin Bruce went back fo Chicago and the great crisis of lis Christian life ia the min istry suddenly broke irresiatihiy Hp=n him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-28

At all Cafes and Drug Sores.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-28

With this question ehge5bns through his whole being the Bev Calvin Bruce went back @ Chicago. and the great crisis of Lis Christian life ia the min istry suddenly broke =irresfztiaiy =upzn him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18

by Mrs. Bintz and Henry WIZ by
Mrs. Daily.
The one-ninute talk will be Fran
els I OF France
The next meeting Of the Woman's
club will be held Tuesday. The topic
for the afternoon will be, What Draw
ing and Form Mean in the Public
Schools of Salt Lake. by Mrs. Franc
r. Elliott. The meeting will be an
open one, and the members extend an
invitation TO all who are interested,
especially the teachers of the city.
The Mothers club OF the First Con-
gregadonal church held an interesting
meeting Tuesday afternoon. Art in
the Public Schools was the subject
under discussion.
The Cleofan viii give an open ses-
sion Tuesday at the home Of Mrs. ]. H.
Moyle. Oriental Art viii be given by
Mrs. Cora Il. Eldredge. A number of
guests have been invited.
The P. Z. O. chapter will meet next
Saturday at p. N. with Mrs. McMa-
hon, Is street
Mrs. John L. Minor will give an ex-
hibitiOn of china painting and water
colors at her studio, n Hooper block
next Wednesday from II a. m. to
p. m.
The home and education section OF thu
Ladies' Literary club will hold a meet
ing in the club rooms Saturday. March
"a Business matters Of Importance
will he considered
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18
Utah sOrOsis
Nineteenth Centurv 81.

The. Nineteenth Century club met at
the home of Mrs. Corfman Friday.
March IS, and was called TO order BY
the president, Mrs. Bonham-
After the routine business was trans
acted. one of the most interesting pro-
eranmes of the years work was car
ried out.
Mrs. r. Searle read an able paper on
Louis XVI Of France" telling Of the
court of his day and the literary men
who lived at that time.
Mrs. Corfman carefully reviewed tbs
news Of the week
After. recess Mrs. r. Searle gave in
teresting short sketches OF the lives OF
Cardinals Fluery and D'Ormisson.
Miss Iseley read an excellent paper
on Arcs, Parks and ButteS of Paris"
Mrs. Sutton's paper was on the Life
and work Of Anne Robert Jacques Tur-
got.
Mrs. Havercamp told Of Jacques
NeckeT.
Mrs. Schwab reviewed the history OF
CaIonne and Marie Antoinette. which
completed the work of the day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18
Historical Society.

The Historical society met Saturday,
March 10, at the home of Mrs. Bishop.
The programme was opened with an
excellently prepared paper by Miss Sea-
man, on the EARLY Jesuit and Monas-
tic Orders"
Miss Snow followed by giving an au-
photography of ST. Theresa, in her uSu-
ally pleasing manner and the ladies
showed their appreciation by the hearty
applause which followed.
The next article was 1.-THE Life and
Works Of Ignatius Loyola," in which
Mrs. Bond held the rapt attention of
the ladies throughout her talk on the
soldier priest.
This was followed by biographical
sketches of Madame de Pompador
Mary Queen of Scots and Madame de
Maintenon, by Mrs. Rankin, which
closed the programme fer the afternoon
After a social hour the club adjourn
ed to meet March "a, at the home OF
Miss Snow. 1868 Madison avenue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18
The Coterie

On Tuesday. March Is. the Coterie
was delightfully."- entertained by Miss
Katherine Greene at the Reed. She
was assisted in her hOSpitable duties
by Mrs. Wenner and Miss Blanche
WenneT.
After the transaction of necessary
business, the following programme, ar
ranged by the hostess, was rendered:
It's first number was "RoSamOnde" by
Chaminade. and was sung eXQuiSitely
by Miss Maud Dee, accompanied by
/ Miss BanniSter. "Chanson de Ia Cor
brille" was given as an encore.
The Rev. Mr.. Goshen was then in
troduced and addressed the club on the
subject of the ''Tissot Pictures" Hav-
ing enjoyed the privilege Of seeing and
studying this wonderful collection he
was enabled to give the COterie much
valuable information These paintings
and etchings, numbering about 600
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18

At the Ladies' Literary club Friday
afternoon -. Patrick's day was fitting
" celebrated. The programme was in
charge OF the current events and cur
rert literature sections, and was thor
ouqblv appreciated by the members and
guests present.
Irish Ideals-Their influence on the
History and Literature Of the World, -
was the topic ably handled by Mrs.
Georgia Snow Carleton. She reviewed
the older literature of the country,
reading several selections from the
noss noteworthy. The sufferings Of the
Irish people and the wrongs heaped
mon them were eloquently described by
Mrs. Carleton, who was listened 10
throughout with intense interest.
The Irish American of the Revolu-
t;5uary PERIOD was given by Mrs. G.
d. Allen, who gave a graphic descrip-
tion OF the men who fought so valiant
" for American independence.
"The Literary Revival in Ireland
vas discussed by Mrs. Arthur Bird in 3
most entertaining manner. She spoke
Of the recent revival in Irish 1ctloD ana
pointed out the fact that more goOC
fiction has been produced in the pass
three years than in the thirty previous
ones. Comparisons were made OF the
primitive and modern poetry and selec'
dions read from each. The noted writers
of the present day, Seumas MacMan-
MS Shan +. Bullock and Jane Barlow
were spoken of and their writings were
criticisedand selections read from then
famous short stories.
The programme was interspersec
with musical numbers. Molly Bawn'
and The Harp That Once Through
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18
Club Notes

The Poets Round Table viii meet the
last Monday in this month at the home
of Mrs. Stanley ClawSon.
The Progressive Literary and Debat-
ing society met at the home Of Mr..
Henry Kirkham Friday evening. The
evening was spent in three contests,
viz, declamatory, debating and orator
ical. The contestants in the declama-
ton were Joseph Haas, JufuS john
son, julie McMurrin and Bert Angel.
Angel was declared the best declaimer.
Those in the debate were Henry Kirk
ham and John Walden. Kirkham re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-18
A New Club For Women.

An evening club for women is being
organized in Salt Lake, to be known
as the Business Women's club. The OBJ
ject Of the organization is TO affor&~to
the women, whose days are filed with
work, the social and intellectual oppor-
tunftieS afforded in club life.
The subjects 70 be disC used N the
club are those principally of a prac-
teal nature, such as "Why Should WO-
men Save a Part Of Their Earnings. F"
What Are the Relative Duties Be-
tween Employee and Employer
what Are the Conditions Under
Which Women Can Give to the World
Her Best Works." ETC., etc.
The meetings are held twice a month.