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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
CONGRESSIONAL NIGGARDLINEss

The clerical force of the State De-
partment, like that Of others, needs re
organization, say George F. Parker in
the Atlantic. 1t is now impossible to
command in these places a fair pro-
portion Of men with intelligence united
to wholesome ambition, founded upon
ability to do something really well.
And yet, without a staff so constituted,
it is unreasonable to expect that any
head, whether Of department or bureau
with intricate and responsible duties,
shall be able to them. It is the
equality of the commonplace that rules
in such body. The pay and recogni-
ton of the purely mechanical are
practically the same as the pay and
recognition given to those who might
rise out of the ranks and show them
selves capable of responsibility, A
reward, common to both the inefficient
and the useful, the contented and the
ambitious, tends, here as everywhere,
to produce common minimum of
work. and aspirations after a uniform
pettiness. A mere clerk, however use
LUZ u0 IHdy U0 III MS own narrow
groove, is probably worth no more than
the $1,000 to $500 paid him each year,
because, for the same pay, it would be
possible to get a quarter of million
like him, by the thirty days search;
but the rare clerk, the one in a thous-
and fit to become head of the bureau,
cannot be found and kept for the pre-
posterous second-class bookkeeper's
pay OF $2100 a year. When such
place is taken, it is either a temporary
expedient on the part of worthy man,
or by on content to be depen dent.
without proper pride or possible
efficiency. This applies not to the
state department alone, but to that
vast overloaded, il1-digested public
service concentrated all along the line
in Washington. Without supervision
with nothing to Eft it out of the ruts.
every executive department bids fair to
remain, what it has become, a refuge
for mediocrity, through which dry rot
like contagion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
FRANCONIA SWALLOWS.

One other bright circumstances | am
bound in honor to speak OF, says Brad
ford Torrey in the Atlantic: the album
dance Of swallows; a state Of affairs
greatly unlike anything to be met with
in my part of Massachusetts: cliff
swallows and barn swallows in crowds,
and sand martins and tree swallows
by no means uncommon. But for the
absence of black marins,-a famous
colonuy of which the tourist may see at
Concord, while the train Waits,-here
would have been a second quintette
worthy to rank with the thrushes; the
flight Of one set being as beautiful, not
to say as musical, as the songs of the
other. AS it was, the universal
presence of these aerial birds was a
continual delight to any man with eyes
to notice it. The glorifed the open
valley as the thrushes glorfed the
woods. We shall never again see the
like of this, fear, in our prOsier Bos-
ton neighborhood. Within my time,
within twenty years, indeed, barn
swallows summered freely on Beacon
Hill, plastering their nests against the
walls of the State House and the
Athenaeum. and even under the busy
portico of the fremont House. I have
remembrance, too, of pair that
dwelt, for one season at least, above the
door Of the old Ticknor mansion, at the
head Of Park Street. Those days are
gone. Now, alas, even in the suburban
districts, we may almost say that one
swallow makes a summer. An evil
change it is, for which not even the
warblings Of English sparrows will
ever quite console me. Yet the pre-
sent state Of things, the reoccupation
Of Boston by the British, if you please
to call it SOL is not without it's grain of
compensation. It makes me fonder of
"old Francony" Skeptic or man Of
faith, naturalist Or supernaturalist,
who does not like to feel that there is
somewhere a better country" than the
one he lives in?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

in haste from the republican cloak
room, and as he came out he was in
the act of taking a generous bite from
an apple As he watched the progress
of the pending measure, Mr.. Cannon
continued to bite and chew as he stood
in the middle aisle, facing the speaker.
And when only very small core re-
manned Mr.. Cannon dropped it into a
waste paper basket, reached around to
his coattail, and produced another ap-
ple.-St. Louis Globe-Demoerat.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

means 'place," and thus the names of
the largest city in northeast China
means heavenly place2-a name it
has borne for many centuries When
Marco Polo visited the city in the
thirteenth century he translated it's
name into "Citta Celeste"
Many Chinese names we see in the
newspapers and do not even attempt to
pronounce would give us much in
formation if we could translate them,
as a long sentence might do. HankoW.
for example, is the name of a very i'm
portant city on the Yangtse kiang.
There are only six letters in the name
and yet the Chinese boy would know
from the two short words composing
it that it is the name of the town
standing at the *koW'' or mouth of
river named Han. The Han is the
greatest tributary of the Yangtse kiang
and plays a most important part in
the commercial life of that teeming
valley; and the city built on the spot
where the Han mingles it's waters with
the Yangtse is Hankow, i. e..
the town at the mouth of the Han.
The word Yang means ocean" Use
means son, and the name Yangtse
kiang, which the Chinese applied ages
ago to their greatest river, shows that
they did not mean to depreciate it's i'm
portance. Some writer's say the early
Chinese believed their largest river
contributed more water to the making
of the ocean than any other stream in
the world, and so in the name of the
river they conveyed the idea that the
ocean was its son. The name is often
enormously translated the Blue river.
Peking has not always been the cap
ital of the empire, but Marking, city
far to the SOUTH was long the seat of
government; and, as the name Picking
means northern capital, so the name
Marking means southern capital. ,"
white river is the meaning of Pei no
near whose mouth are the forts just
seized by the powers.
In some maps and books we see the
words 1fu" or ''hien' added to the
names of many towns These words
are not part of the names, and some
of the best ALIASES omit them, for they
lengthen the name and make it more
formidable to the foreigners. @Fu'' one
of the districts into which depart
ment into which a province is divided,
in other words, it is the residence of the
official at the head of the department.
"Eien" signifies one of the districts in
to which department. is divided, and
when attached to a place name means
that the official in charge of the dis
trict resides there. It is better to omit
these merely political designations
When we have more intimate dealings
with China and better knowledge of the
! people and their country, we shall have
uniformity in the spelling of China S
place names, and know what these
names mean and we shall see clearly
that these names show considerable
imaginative and descriptive facility,
and that they are really helpful in the
study of Chinese geography.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
THE sQUIRRELs's ARITHMETIC.

High on the branch of walnut tree
A bright-eyed squirrel sat;
What was he thinking so earnestly?
And what was he looking at?
He was doing a problem DER and DER;
Busily thinking was he
How many nuts for his winters store
Could he hide in the hollow tree,
He sat so still in the swaying bough
You might have thought him asleep;
Oh, no; he was trying to reckon now
The nuts the babies could eat.
Then suddenly he frisked about,
And down the tree he ran;
1.-THE best way to do, without doubt,
Is to gather all I can
Normal Instructor
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
IN HOSPITAL.

It's freezin' all the night and it's
scorchin' all the dye,
And it's mawch, mawch, mawch till
yer feet is wore awe;
It's tightenin' up yer belt with the
rytions running low,
And it's 'opin, 'opin.' 'opin' that yer
soon will git yer show.
It's a gent behind some sacks O. sand
obscurin i'm from view,
HambitiouS ter be lettin' soft-nosed
bullets inter you;
It's Ourstin' shell, fever, or white
flag and gun,
An the f1ghtin, fightin, fghtin' amt
no more for you, my son.
Yer cryin' ter be gettin' on-they tikes
an sends yer back;
Yer longin' fur the front, but, no, yer
on the 'emeward tack;
Yer'ye 'ad it pretty stiff, yer 'av-I
'opes we'' pull yer through;
But it's with, with, with" in the
orspital fur you
But in the gloomy orspital to sun
shine as bin seen.
But all as fought and suffered fur their
country an their Queen;
Sarth Efriker is fur awe, and yer
private, yet
The queen of England knows yer. an
the queen does not furget.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
DECORATION DAY.

Flowers for the dead
The nations head bows low;
Over their graves let pretty blossoms
grow.
Plant them to hide the tokens of mans
hate
And deck anew the path made desolate.
Flowers for the dead.
But still we hear resound
The firing of volley over some new
mound;
The beaten anvil of the armory;
The drum and bugle mingling mock
ingly.
Flowers for the dead
Each simple headstone wreathe;
Over each one a saddened blessing
wreaJhe;
Still duty calls and long as flags shall
wave
Powers will bloom above the soldiers
grave
ID. NJ. Henderson, Jr.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
A RAIN SONG.

Don't you love to lie and listen
Listen to the rain.
With its little patter, patter,
And its tiny clatter, clatter,
And its silvery spatter, spatter,
On the roof and on the pane?
Yes, love to lie and listen,
Listen to the rain,
It's fairies Pert and Plucky,
Nip and Nimble-toes and Lucky,
Trip and Thimble-nose and lucky
On the roof and on the pane!
That's my dream the while 1 listen,
Listen to the rain,
| can see them running races,
| can watch their laughing faces
At their gleeful games and graces,
On the roof and on the pane!
st. Nicholas Magazine
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
sWWW0~W@%VWOWN NAN@A
: MEANING Of CHINESE NAMES =

New York Sun:-We are reading
just now Of many Chinese districts,
towns and rivers. Many of these geo.
graphical names doubtless appear re-
pellant and unpronouncable to all ex-
cept few persons who are familiar
with them. But if we had better ac-
quaintance with these names and knew
their meaning they would be found to
be full of interest. They are often
condensed descriptions of the place or
features to which they are applied.
They are far more instinct with life
than many geographical names in
other countries. Suppose we had never
heard of Shanghai, for example, but
knew the meaning of the two words
composing the same. We would know
at once that the "City Near the Sea-
must apply to seaport. Yum no
means "The River of Transportation, =
and we naturally infer that the water
way thus designated must be com
mercially important. Yum no, in fact,
is the Chinese name of the grand canal
which plays SO large part in the
freight service of east China
However many sy1lables there may
be in a Chinese place name it is COM
posed Of as many words as there are
syllables, for all Chinese words are
monOsyllabic. If we know the mean
ing OF even one OF the words in a geo
graphical name it helps to convey a
definite idea. The words Ho and
II q
and when we see them on the map we
know that they refer to a river or
stream. Many of the names of rivers
are descriptive of them: "Hoang no,
for example, means yellow River;
''Tsin kiang" means "Clear river. =
Observe how definite is the idea ex-
pressed in the name of each of the
three rivers which converge upon Can
ton. One of them is the ST kiang, or
West river; another the Pc kiang, or
North river; the third is the Tung
kiang, or East river. The names OF
these rivers tell the direction from
which they come. They help to
simplify the study of the geography OF
that part of China When they unite
they form the Chu kiang, or Pearl
river. The Chinese named their larg-
est river in the north the Hoang no
because it cuts its bed through yellow
soil from which it derives it's color
The yellow flood it pours into the sea
colors that portion of the ocean yellow
and hence the Chinese call the sea
Hoang hal, or yellow sea-
The Chinese unite the words in a
name SO that they form one word just
as we write NewtoWn, Hartford or
Deerfeld. Sometimes we unite the
words in Chinese name and some
times we separate them but there is nc
reason, for example, why should we
write Tien-Tsin when we do not write
Picking Each of these names is com
posed of two words. Pc means
north and King means 'Sthe capital
Or 'the kings household" and thus
Pekinl means the northern capital
Tien means heavenly and Tsin
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
PATENT LAW REFORMS.

A patent confers monopoly-that is
what the inventor seeks when he APP
plies for a patent The public is sup
posed to be benefited by inventions and
submits to patent monopolies with the
idea of encouraging inventors. But the
public observes that inventors seldom
have the capital required to bring their
devices before the buying public and
commonly sell their patent rights to
who exploit them and get
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

New York. The little girl who wears
a picture hat and a comical expression
of assumed haughtiness on her face,
as if she were trying to keep in mind
that she is descended from a hundred
earls, is Lady Iris Capell, daughter of
the earl of Essex. Her mother was
beautiful Miss Adele Grant of New
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
DID DEWEY MEAN BRYANq

Admiral Dewey says: 81 have per-
formed service that some of these
CLOWNS who aspire to the presidential
oHce have never performed" And
u ere is talkative man out west who
IS probably asking: Il wonder if that
means me PROV Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

This is picture of two little Eng
lish children who have American
mammas, and papas with long strings
Of titles who have gone to the war in
south Africa. The chubby boy is the
marquis of Blandford, son and heir to
the duke of Marlborough. His NAM
ma was Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt Of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

the profit. 1t observes, also, that com
panies holding important patents often
abuse the monopoly granted by the
government to exact excessive prices
from the generous public. The tele-
phone monopoly is an illustration IN
point. A reform of our patent monop-
lies ought to accompany the reform of
trust monopolies
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

York They are too young to be anx-
ious about their papas, or to follow
the fortunes of the conquering British
army in south Africa, but they are
quite old enough to show how alto
gether nice children can be who have
titled English papas and beautiful
American mammas-Little Chronicle,
Chicago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

That Providence man who was
whirled around a shaft making ninety
revolutions a minute, and lived
through it, probably can now better
appreciate what is meant by the term
getting hustle on
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

An old negro preacher divided his
sermon into two parts: First, all de
things in de text, and second, all de
things not in de text, and, bredren,
we'll wrastle wild de second part fust."
Harlem Life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
TRUE FRIENDS.

First Dear Girl-say, Maude!
Second Dear Girl Well, dear?
First Dear Girls my complexion
on straight Chicago News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09
BIRDS in WINTER
NORTHERN soNGsTERS IN TIL
LOUISIANA WOODS.
EVE OF SPRING FLIGHT

In March They Note and Soon Are on
the Wing For Their PARKWAY
Home at the North-Food anc
Other Interesting Facts About
Them.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-09

Recent events make the financial
situation in Russia more critical.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-03
HON. j. II. MANLEY
Says He Knows Nothing About .Allege,
Appointment from Washington.

Great interest was manifested. Satur-
day afternoon, AZ the announcement in
the Boston papers that Hon. J. II.
Nanley was to BE- appointed commits
@ioncr of internal revenue to fiji the
vacancy caused by the death of late
Commissioner Wilson. Mr. Manl4y was
interviewed by u Journal man and
said:
II know absolutely nothing about the
matter except what / sec in the papers.
shall. if / live. serve in the coming
Legislature and | shall be a candidate
for Speaker. | wouldn't miss the COM
ing session 10 be President.
Mr.. Man,ey also said that he should
go 10 Washington. sometime this week.
The Boston Sunday Herald had the
following special on the subject:
Washington. Dee. 1.-The next COM
missioner Of internal revenue viii be
Mr.. Joseph II. Manley OF Maine. long
prominent in The politics of the state.
and manager III The last campaign of
the New York headquarters OF the Re
publican national committee. The
office has been offered to Mr.. Manley
ana viii be accepted by him. according
10 TIE Information III tnr W mite House.
The salary is S600G a year ana MIR
Manlcy will serve throughout the next
administration.
The Office has been made vacant by
the recent death of Commissioner vii
son. There have been many appli-
cants for ii. and the West Nireinians
are particularly disappointed. although
the kcntuckians are almost equally so.
The former had Gov. Atkinson ANA the
latter the Republican candidate FOR
Governor. GcrkerS, as candidates.
1t is understood to To the intention Of
Mr.. Manley. after he shall have taken
the oath of office as commissioner OF
internal revenue. to leave the conduct
al ijs affairs temporarily in the hands
of Deputy Commissioner Williams and
Ia return to. Naine To attend the ses-
sion of the Legislature. " Nr. Manley
WAS chosen Il state representative at
the last election. ana is expected to he
the next Speaker of the House. At the
conclusion Of the session he vii. as
sumo the active duties of his new Office
Mr. Manley had thorough knowledge
of the workings OF the Internal reVeiuc
service. having. been at one time a
spee ial agent OF the bureau.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-03
CARES FOR THE BIRDS.
Janilor Pedder Shows His Exceptional
Kind Heartedness.


Everybody knows Al. Pedder. the
genial janitor at the postoffice He is
more or less noted for his marked
ability in the lire Of story telling. and
it is nut probable that there is a man
in the city who can draw upon his
magma ion for such thrilling recitals
of alleged experiences as he can. But
Notwithstanding that many of his
stories relate 10 the slaughter of birds.
beasts. and countless numbers OF the
finny tribe. from which one might
readily believe him 10 he one of the
most bloodthirsty of mortals. he is in
reality one Of the most tender hearted.
and dislkcS to see dumb animals suf-
fer.
Not infFequently during the winter
the English sparrows become chilled
ANA fail 10 the sidewalk. where they
are kicked into the street or trodden
under foot. 1t s Tor just such Incidents
rs these that Mr.. Pedder is ever on the
watch. and whenever he finds a bird
that is nearly dead from cold he care
fully picks UP the sufferer and carries
it to his room in the office. and if pos
sble. warns it back to life.
Thanksgiving morning Il. Journal re-
porter was a witness to one of these
reScues. He was going up town with
the janitor when All at once the latter
stopped and picked something from the
sidewalk, saying rs he did 50: Poor
little chap; he's most froZe. Inquiry
showed the cause of the remark to be
an English sparrow, in a decidedly
conlatose state. and the question as TO
what the janitor was going to do with
the bird was answered by that ind-
vidual saying: Going to take him
down TO my room and warm him up
Then he went on 10 tell that he often
found birds in Il similar condition. and
could generally bring them round all
right by keeping them for awhile in Il
warm room. Why" said he, the
other day / found n dove up on the top
Of the postofiice, near the flag pole, and
he was pretty near dead. but 1 brought
him down and warmed him up. and he
came out as good as new. MY boy has
got him up at the house now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-03
WELL LIKED IN LEWISTON

The Cook Church Repertoire Company
which opens a weeks engagement here
Dec. To- with daily matinoes. had a most
successful week In Lewiston. Says the
Lewiston Journal of November 80
The Cook-Chrryh Company is delight
ing Large audiences at every perform
Incc. AT the matinee yesterday IAN Ac-
tors Romance" that made such Il big hit
when given here FAST season was the bill
and it was presented in an excellent
manner As the tine Indicates it deals
with the life OF AN actor and brings
clearly before the public eye not on.y
what is seen in front Of the footlights.
hat what transpires behind the scenes.
1T is a story of strong human inter
est bringing out both the fierce and ten
der passions Of those who serve the pub
lie the stage II teaches the lesson
that The actor is not merely an entertain
Fer. accustomed by, the practice of his art
to conceal his emotions counterfeit
those he does not feel, bat that he is
man with the same loves and hates that
other men nave. and that his feelings are
as sacred and as much IL he considered
by the public as those Of any other per-
son in a different oCcupa ,.on. The hero
protests against this injustice when he
a.,.s. ..,,.b,t aco.. m ,,t,;.,,,.o c,r. for
al octor,s rcsl feelings 81 .oro az h., an
tartains ,bcp, TIN. ulov shows that an
oc,or may hc = tr,. friend j consider
,t. bnsh,nd and , loyin, f,,h.r If
shows ~. lop.-,b IL which ;a,,orc, viii
,.,d - woman and Tho dcntb IN which =,
mad ;nf,trati,u win dcyrado , man
...rbc scenes in Nv. thp,.ar and bchin
Tho scenes give one 4 nict,re If The way
II, ,,bic,, , ,,,, ie uro.lnc.d how ,r,,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-03

The following companies have filed
articles of Incorporation at the office
Of the secretary of State:
The Davis Tire Co., organized AT
Portland, for the purpose of man,,fac
turing and selling vehicles, with 500
6o9 capital stock, of which $500 is maid
in. The officers are: President. Harry
l.. Cram Of Portland: treasurer. VIM.
f. Ellis Of Springfield. Mass. Certifi
cate approved DEG. l, 1900.
Hacker X Shepard Co, organized at
Portland. for the purpose OF dealing in
lumber and other commodities. with
sS0.eoo capita! stock. of which $500 is
paid in The officers are: President
sherman |. Could of Portland; treasur-
CT, chas. II. rolman of Portland. Ger
tiiicate q. proved NOV. 20. 1900.
J. Smith Brockway Co. organized at
Portland for the purpose OF dealing in
groccrs' and bakers supplies. with
$40. 600 capital stock, OF which $500 Is
paid III. The officers are: President,
A.mon Day of Lynn, Mass: treasurer
Charles T.. Day of Lynn. Mass Cnrti-
fcatc approved Nov. 80 1900. =