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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31

tent of about 100000 acres, and the
whole area has been brought under
systematic treatment. An expert for
ester is still employed to superintend
the work, and there is a corps of
trained rangers. A certain amount of
matured poplar has been numbered,
and the system of cutting employed
has been very successful in bringing
about an excellent reproduction of
that tree. Improvement cuttings of
various species, chiefly for cord wood,
are made in the portions Of the tract
nearest the market, and a certain
amount of planting is done every year.
Mr. Pinchot says that great deal OF
the work being done at Biltmore would
not be practical on many other large
tracts, managed solely for profit, in
other sections of the country The
systematic management of forests for
practical lumbermen will be more
along the lines practiced on the Webb
and Whitney tracts, in the Adiron-
dacks, both of which were numbered
under the supervision of the division
of forestry.-New York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
RUSSIA GRABS TERRITORY.
instructive Instance of the Working of
the Cars Diplomacy.

lne GzdFS diplomacy.
In the Saturday Evening Post,
Frank G. Carpenter, who has recently
spent the better part of a year in the
east, gives many facts of Russia's
advance in Asia. and relates the fol
lowing incident:
''The powers have practically
agreed that Manchuria is to be the
property of Russia, and within a short
time, in all probability, all the Chinese
territory beyond the great wall will
belong to the czar. The boundary
line between Siberia and Mongolia is
being slowly pushed southwark.
During a visit to Peking some
years ago heard tradition as to how
Russia once acquired a big slice of
China. There was dispute about the
boundary line, which the Russians
had 9ooved out so as to include a
large amount of Manchurian and
Monaghan soil war was imminent,
and the Chinese. as usual. wanted to
settle matters by compromise. The
Russians consented. and brought forth
map showing the territory they de-
manded The Chinese threw up their
hands in horror and said their lives
would be endangered if they presented
such treaty to their emperor. All
right said the Russians; if that is so,
we will take less; and they thereupon
showed second map, one-tenth the
size of the first. but in which the lati
tude and longitude Of the territory
taken were exactly the same The
Chinese looked The space within the
red lines on the map was very much
smaller, and they recommended the
treaty without further dispute
Few people realize the enormous
extent of Asiatic Russia 1t is about
one and two-thirds the size of Europe,
and twice as big as the United States
without Alaska and our outlying is
lands 1t comprises, in fact, more
than one-third of ell Asia. Siberia
alone being half as big as our country
To this vast territory is now to be
added Manchuria. with a possibility
that Mongolia and Iii will soon come
the same way. Mongolia is fully half
and Iii about one-third the size of the
United States. while Manchuria is
equal to ten states as big as Ohio
''The title to Manchuria is now prac-
tically conceded to Russia
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
Rilev,s Little Joke.

Riley and Nye played jokes on each
other continually In a smoking car
between Columbus and Cincinnati an
old farmer came to Nye and said:
Are you Mr. Riley? I heard you
was on the train"
mo, am not Mr.. Riley. He is over
there"
Il knew his father. and I would like
to speak with him.
ooh, speak with him, yes. But he is
deaf, and you want to speak loud"
So the farmer went to Riley and
yelled:
cit this Mr.. Riley?"
''Er, what?"
''Is this Mr.. Riley?"
What did you say?'
''Is this Mr.. Riley?"
Riley! Oh. yes!"
Il knew your father!"
''No bother
81 knew your father!"
"What?"
II knew your father!"
ooh, SO did L.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
CHAPTER XIII.
The True Love Conquereth. "


Two years passed since Sybil Ayrton
returned to Glynn She was young
still, and the sorrow that darkened her
life passed away.
She stood one bright day out ON the
lawn; the squire with his own hands
had removed the widows cap from her
fair hair, and let loose the ripples of
golden hair. One by one Irene
had removed the heavy mourning
dresses: and on this bright June morn
ing she stood out among the roses as
fair as they, nothing telling the tragic
story Of her sorrows but the subdued
softened beauty of her face, and the
wedding ring upon her finger.
Irene came up to her as she stood
there, with some little anxiety in her
kindly gaze.
"Sybil," she said, there is visitor
for you-sone one YOU have not seen
for years"
i know who it is, - she replied; ''you
mean Sir Rupert Dacre. Oh, sister!
how can I meet him? How can I see
him again?"
Think of his goodness" said Irene,
slowly, land forget yourself. Think
how he loved you-how true he was
to you, darling, when all the world was
cold. Remember he has exiled himself
from home, lest seeing him should
cause you pain"
4 know" she said. Il have not for
gotten one of these things"
TRY to meet him bravely," contin-
ued Irene; "for, remember, nothing
will sadden him so much as tears from
you
They walked back to the house to-
gether; and Irene, stealing little
glances at her sisters countenance,
thought she had never seen it more
beautiful. Soft f1ushes of color came
and went upon it; glances of light
played in the s-y eyes. She had gath
yered some roses and held them nerv-
ously in her little hands; but when
they entered the room, and she saw
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
A Financier.

81 don't know what to get my best
girl for Christmas"
Nothing"
What do you mean?"
Gust what I say. She'll be awful
mad, there1l be terrible quarrel,
and then you'll have all the delight
full sweetness of a making up without
it costing you cent Life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
A Reminder.

She-I do believe you forgot that
this was our wedding days third an
niSersaryI
He-Indeed, I didn't I just met the
second Of the notes I negotiated to buy
the furniture when we were married.
indianapolis Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
Suburban Life Exposed.

Mr.. Isolate (of Lonelyville, desper-
ately)-What excuse does cook give
for leaving us before she has been
here two months?
Mrs. Isolate (resignedly)- says
her city beau kicks at the cost of COM,
mutatiOn.-Puck.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
.
Continued.
BY BERTHA III. CLAY.

Continued.
For long days she lay with her face
turned from them, never speaking
unable to eat or drink, only just alive.
Sometimes they thought her dead, so
great was the torpor and apathy that
had fallen upon her-so great was the
reaction from the extreme Of misery
to perfect rest.
What passed in her mind while she
lay in that fragrant chamber none
around her knew. At the end of a
week she recovered. The first thing
that gave them hope was one morning,
when the squire sent her large bou-
quet of roses all wet with dew. She
raised them from the pillow and buried
her face in them, and there was a
smile on her lips when she laid them
down.
From that hour she grew better
so slowly as to give them many fears;
but the time came when what seemed
che shadow of Sybil Jocelyn was car
ried down to the drawing room, and
lay with pale features and yearning
eyes riveted on the summer flowers
a slight, fragile figure, almost lost in
the heavy black dress, her luxuriant
hair hidden by the widows cap.
They lavished tender love upon her
and most geStle care; she recovered
under it as a bruised flower raises its
dropping leaves under the warm sun
shine. Slowly but surely the delicate
bloom returned to her face; the grave
lines of sorrow vanished one by one;
light and brightness came back to the
violet eyes. Once or twice the squire's
heart was gladdened by the sound of
a laugh that reminded him of olden
days; but that was after many weeks
had passed.
For some time she shrank from go
ing out or seeing friends at home.
They persuaded her at last; but the
squire whose life was spent in watch
ing her, saw that she turned shrink
lngly at the sight of Glynn Woods, and
he knew then that she was not strong
enough to bear much.
ne ulu IOI u6I WucbL liz WOuAu Lay Y
done for no one else gave up all his
cherished habits, and left Glynn. He
took her to the Scottish lakes, to fair
English cities, to picturesque Welsh
villages, over the sea to the Emerald
Isle; he would not take her abroad;
he had more faith in Old England
han anywhere else.
His faith was rewarded. She gradu-
ally recovered, the dark cloud passed
away, the sun of her youth and beauty
shone out again; it would have been
well for her had she died in those days.
At the end of three months he
brought her home again, almost as
bright as ever.
Then she met Sir Rupert. He never
forgot the shy, timid glance that
seemed to say, Forgive me for making
that great mistake" She laid her
hand in his, calling him her true, dear
friend, and he was amply repaid by
those few words for long years of love.
they were very watchful of her; if
a shadow stole over her face, they dis
PEELED it; in her presence, every one
tried to be gay and cheerful. The
squire seemed to have forgotten that
long interregnum of six years, and life
fell back into it's old, happy channel
at Glynn.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
Definition.

Tommy-Paw, what is tact?
Mr.. Figg-Tact, my son. is what
man has not if he talks about his
mothers fine cooking just after his
wife has picked up the stove lid litter
by the hot end.-Indianapol Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-31
CHAPTER XIV.

Il have not wish left ungratifed, .
said the squire that evening, while
ars of happiness shone brightly in
his eyes. ''The dearest desire of my
heart was to see Sybi1 your wife, Ru-
pert; and now, thank God, it will be
gratified."
''The sooner the BETTER said Sir
Rupert Mine has been long court
ship, squire. 1t began when 1 was
nine years al J ond will only end when
I die"
Il can hardly believe so much hap
piness can be real" said the squire.
''The last few years have been such
wretched ones, it is difficult to believe
in the bright future before u.s.
Sorrow endures but for a time.'
said Sir Rupert. "Of course we shall
have trials and must bear them brave
ly, if God pleases to send them; at
the same time I believe there lies be-
fore us an unclouded stretch of years. -
They were very happy; in the dark
after days they looked back upon this
time in longing amaze. The news Of
the engagement gave universal salts
faction-every one rejoiced in it.
Irene was busy and content; the squire
had told her to provide everything
necessary; for his Sybil, no trouble, no
expense was to be spared. Sybil must
have everything fitting the rank OF
Lady Dacre, of The Hide
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-10

Boys are sometimes tempted to think
that to be tender-hearted Is TO be weak
and unmanly. Yet the tender heart
may be associated with the strongest
will. Take, for example, tho story
told OF him to whom we owe our won.
derful railway system. George steph-
enson went one day into an upper
room Of his house and closed tho win.
dow. 1t had been open a long time
because of the great heat, but now the
weather was cooler, and 30 Hr. s,enh-
enson thought 1t would be well To aim,
IT, lie little knew what he was doing
Two or three days afterward howevor
he CHANGED to observe a bird flying
against the same window and beating
against II with all bis might again and
again as II trying to break II. His gym
pathy and curiosity were arouaea
What could the little thing wapt7 tIo
went at once to the room and on.ro,
the window to see. The window open.
the bird Jew straight 70 one particular
spot In the room, where Stephenaon
saw nest. The poor bird looked n,
1t, took In the situation at a glance
and huttered to the floor. broken.
hearted, almost dead Stephenson
drawing near to look, was filed win
unspeakablo sorrow. There sat tbe
mother bird, and under II four Iitti.
tiny ones-mother and young-aIl an.
parently dead. Stephenson cried aloud
lie tenderly lifted tho exhausted bIrl
from the floor, the worm It had 40 lons
and so bravely struggled to bring In -,
home and young still in its beak nm,
carefully tried to revive It. but an 81,
efforts proved in vain. It died. an,
the great man mourned for MANY ,
day AT the same time the force q
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-10

As soon as an orchard Of aprieo.s
comes into bearing, advertisements arc
inserted In the newspapers % adiuin-
ing towns for women and girls. Thou
sands OF women leave their domestic
duties, taking with them their fam
lilies, to engage actively In the sheds
OF the ranchers. cutting the fruit Tor
drying, after the men have collected
II from the trees. Sometimes I'VE hun
dred people will be engaged upon a
large orchard Rules and regulations
are laid down for their conduct: the
women and girls sleep In the tents pro
yided at low rental by the manage.
ment. and either cook for themselves,
or board with what would be termed In
railroad circles a Boarding boss. the
men. not so many. occupy tents In
some other and distant part Of the
orchard. The sole requisite being the
ability to pick and cut fruit. an agsre-
cation OF humanity representing all
Gus English family with cultivated
manners and arlstocratic connections
to the nondescript. who travels from
town to town in search OF employment,
Is collected together Ia Industrious ac-
uyity for the revenue 20 be derived
Each woman has a small tray In front
Of her. and, after cutting the fruit with
a knife. she lays Il open on the tray
Each tray Is furnished with a raised
end; when five are Hllsd they are
piled up. and the operator shouts
tray" whereupon an attendant ap-
proaches, punches ticket with which
she has been previously furnished. and
takes the five trays to the sulphur
house. The women are paid ten cents
box. each box containing sixty
pounds OF fruit All fruit has to bc
placed in the sulphur house for several
hours, for the purpose OF bleaching a.
or causing Il to retain its natural color
as well as TO destroy all insect life
that may remain. otherwise the sun
would cause II 20 turn black The trays
are then carried out and placed upon
the ground under the steady rays oi
the glorious California sun. Should
clouds be hanging over. the trays are
placed one above the other until that
great purifier and drier OF the universe
old Sol. makes his appearance. The
fruit requires from three to seven day.
to dry. At the end OF this time mer
go out into the orchard with what are
called "sweat-boxes." and serape from
the trays all the fruit into these boxes
In which II is left until full dried
Finally II is hauled to the storehousei
and piled up in heaps. perhaps ten feet
high. awaiting the eye OF the eritica
buyer.-Pearson's Magazine.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-10

There are three girls in New Bruins.
wick. n. j.. who devote a good part OF
their leisure time In rearing and train.
ing turtles. They have about three
dozen OF them now. and OF these four
are SO intelligent that they are trained
TO do all manner OF queer things.
Among other things they are harnessed
together like four-in-hand. and made
to draw a dolls baby carriage Tho
mere matter of feeding them is In It.
self big task These reptiles eat
most anything. but they have par.
tlcular liking for snalls and worms,
and. like grown people. they acquire a
taste for almost anything. Last sum.
mer, when strawberries were pleuti-
ful,these three dozen turtles made away
with two quarts of tnem, and then.
by way OF entree, they disposed OF 2f7
angle worms which boy had been
specially hired to dig for them. SO
you see, catering to turtle Is not the
easiest thing In the world.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-10
PEEP AT SIEGE TRAIN
WHAT is MEANT BY SOME RE-
GENT DISPATCHES.
Seine Points About the WONDERFUL En-
sines OF War FirS. Introduce Il by tia
Hoers of South Africa Accuracy
Fire - Certain Element. q

The announcement recently made
that siege train was being modified
for service in South Africa no doubt
conveyed very little information to
the non-military mind, as was shown
a few days ago, when a writer in the
London Daily Mail was asked, in all
sincerity: What is the difference be-
tween siege train aud an armored
train? AS matter of fact. siege
train is the name applied TO the COM
plement of guns, ammunition and
store wagons, and men employed to
conduct siege. According to the
Siege Artillery Manual" a siege
train may consist of any number OF
divisions. heavy. medium or light. ac-
cording to the requirements of the
service, A division, as rule, con-
sists Of sixteen pieces of ordnance,
exclusive of machine guns: each divi-
sion requires personnel consisting
of four companies OF garrison artil-
lery, with the following stan: One
Ieutenant-colonel. one adjutant, one
quartermaster, two staff non-commis-
stoned officers, and two staff clerks, in
addition to total of 500 officers, nom
commissioned officers and men. In
the present instance the armament
consists of the new fye-inch breeeh-
loading howitzers throwing lyddite
shell. All siege guns and howitzers
are fitted with special sights known as
"French's sights" which enable them
to be laid on an object that is inyisi
BILE to the gunner With this advan-
tage it is possible TO place. the battery
behind hill totally obseured from
the enemy's view, and TO pound away
until either all his guns are dlsmount-
ed or the fort preached so as to en-
able the infantry to carry the place
by assault. Siege gunnery has now
arrived at such a pitch of perfection
that there is absolutely nothing that
can withstand the attack of a we'll
organized and well-equipped siege
train. The she'll fire is so accurate
and searching and the high explo-
sives so destructive that it is only a
question of time in demolishing any
defense that can possibly be erected.
By means of an observing instrument.
invented by Capt. Tanered, each shot
can be accurately observed as burst
ing so many yards short or over the
object. thus enabling the necessary
corrections to be made for the next
round to strike the exact spot desired
and insuring extreme accuracy of fire.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-10
TRACED BY FINGER PRINTS.
Remarkable Cases In which Criminal.
Were Thus Detected.


The fasco of Berlin In the recent
Dreyfus trial at Rennes gives some ad-
ditional interest to the discussion on
finger prints that took place at the lat
est meeting of the British Association
for the Advancement of Science. Gal
ton read paper on the finger-prints of
young children, in which he main
tanned that these prints. IL properly
taken, would suffice for after-identih-
cation by an expert. The grave defect
in the BerIillon system is its reliance
upon system Of measurements-a de-
feet that does not exist, IL Is claimed,
in the more accurate system OF taking
prints. At the same meeting Mr.. Il. X.
Henry, inspector general OF police In
Bengal, gave demonstration with a
magnifying lantern of this same meth
cd. He claimed that the personal
equation" which vitiates results in the
Bertillon system of anthropometry. IL
entirely eliminated in the printing
method. Finger-prints. being absolute
impressions taken from the body, are
not so uncertain as a set of measure
ments usually are. The method de-
scribed by Inspector General Henry Ia
as follows: thin film OF printers
ink is spread over piece OF tin. and
| each finger in turn is pressed on the
| film and then pressed on paper, by
which means clear impression Is Sc
cured. Mr.. Henry gave some remark
able illustrations Of cases in which
| criminals had been identified by their
| finger-pTints-on by finger-marks on
| the soft paint of a windua sill. and
another by blood marks made by the
fingers on the covers OF book. In
| consequence Of these remarkable facts.
the legislature in India had amended
the law of evidence With such re.
spectacle authority to vouch for it, this
method may yet rise In esteem in
American courts OF justice. English
prison officials are not, as a class. like
ly to become enamored OF any mere
theoretical scheme-a reproaeh 10
which the French will possibly be ex-
posed by the extravagant demonstra.
ton made by Bertillon. At any rate.
this system Of Identification by means
of finger-prints seems worthy OF fur
ther experimental trial, and would be
a good field for some OF our crisop off
Gals to utilize in order to demonstrate
that they take an interest in the sci.
ence OF crimlnology.-M Journal
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-10

Most OF the young people Of today.
judging BY bis pictures. look upoa
Washington lFylus Az a venerable old
gentleman. chiefly interesting a. the
author OF RIP Van wiakls" and ''Ths
Legend OF Sleepy Hollow Back Ia
the days OF the Fevolation. when hs
was a H,ischlef-lov.us little boy whn
was the cause % great anxiety 10 bis
rothsr. he was passlonassly toad
81 music. and devoted 10 tas thc2kss.
20 the great horror % his strict par
eusa Whenever he had anassad a fsw
pennies be would steal on 10 an Ola
sheatsr Nov. "a the family always
had prayers at . o'clock Ia the even.
Ing and attendance waa compulsory
Hale Washington Who. BY the SAY
was named after tbs Father Of tiia
Country would rush back home IA
time for the evcnluE dsvotious. and
when over no would 81 10 his room
and while hls family thought he vas
asleep in hia bed be crspt ont OF Ill
Eindow. down the verauda 10 ths
ground and on 10 the thsltrr to $50
how the play ended
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-10
THESE ARE SWELL DOGS.
How Fashionable Pets Are Costumed In
Paris.

Dog tailors have good time in
Paris. Under the impression that ma
ture has not provided the right kind
Of coat for a dog, the dog lovers-or
fashion lovers-of Paris has fostered a
new industry, the providing of clothing
for ladies' pets. Some very interest
ing and suggestive facts about this
industry are collected by Good Words.
Our clients belong to the very highest
classes Of society" said one of these
Partisan dog tailors. I'VE recently had
very remuneFatlve order from the
daughter of diplomat in Paris for a
set of gala clothes for her dog to match
the liveries of her fathers lackeys
She was about to be married, and as
she entered the residence after the
ceremony, her three dogs were to be
waiting for her at the top of the grand
staircase. They were to be dressed in
their liveries, and each was to have a
bouquet of orange blossoms attached
! to its collar" Even this was exceeded
by another bride. who ordered for each
of her half dozen dogs regular brides
maids costume of white faille en-
broidered with lace and garlanded with
orange blossoms. White satin slippers
were also made to measure for each
four-footed pet. One step further have
these lovers OF fashion gone in making
their dogs an excuse for fresh display.
| Sets of fine linen must now be pro-
vided for the society dog No self
respecting animal would think Of pos
| sessing less than half dozen under
| garments of fine lawn, il he is in
I health. and OF silk or surah IL he ia
! subject to colds. A dozen embroid-
/ cred cambria handkerchiefs must be
| added to his equipment II he is trou-
| bled with watery eyes. A further trial
awaits him in the shape Of boots OF
leather or rubber. as the case may be
Bracelets and tie-pins. perfumery and
fancy soaps, ivory combs and brushes
| make up the dogs toilet necessaries
Surely II a fashionable Partisan doc
could speak. he would explain that his
foolish friends lead him the life of {
dog in the worst sense.