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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
FACTS REGARDING COFFEE.
Both Consumption and Production
Largely Increasing in the World.

Both Consumption and Production
Largely Increasing in the World.
In 1862 the amount of coffee, raw
and manufactured, upon which duty
was paid in our custom houses
was only about 10000 tons,
whereas, according to LIE
Bulletin de Statisque ct de Iegisla-
ton Comparee"-a French official pub
lication-the total amount consumed
in Europe and the United States was
no less than 1920 tons. Holland,
we learn from the same authority, is
the country where the drinking OF
coffee is most in vogue, the quantity
disposed of per head per annum being
upward of 10 Kilograms. Denmark
and Belgium come next with seven and
five kilograms respectively, while IN
Franch the allowance per inhabitant IS
no more than IL kilograms. On the
continent it is apparently the sum
levied as duty which determines he
amount consumed. In Holland coffee
is entirely untaxed. In Denmark ana
Belgium the charge is insignificant,
UuI Ill IdHC0 IL dIIOullLO " CAl0 c"1AAAO0S
prohibitive rate of 157 francs per 100
Kilograms, or about I'd. a pound avolr-
dupois. The tax with us is only l12d.
a pound for the raw article and "a.
when it is manufactured, SO our trif1lng
consumption of about third OF
kilogram per head cannot we'll be due
to fiscal causes. The production OF
coffee is said to be increasing rapidly
in South America and to be assuming
large proportions in central Africa. In
the Rio districts alone the augmented
output for the four years ending IN
1897 was equal to 100000 sacks, or
about 100000 tons. Writing in the
Revue des Deux Mondes for July, 1898,
M. De Castries says: 'They are plant
ing at least 100000 coffee plants every
year in the Congo Free State, and
everything favors the hope that IN
few years the output will have risen to
upward of 26,000,O00 Kilograms II this
in the case the price of coffee should
soon fall, when in all probability our
consumption of six pounds OF tea per
head per annum will suffer dlm1nu-
ton. 1nere can be no doubt that
coffee affects the human economy in a
peculiarly agreeable and beneficent
manner. 1t is fairly cheap, easily pre-
pared, although less SO than tea, an ad-
mirable calorifacient, and there is
nothing whatever to forbid its habit
ual use in moderation, whether with
meals or at other times. On the
whole, it would seem that it's more ex-
tended utilization is highly to be de-
sired.-Medica1 Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
Cretan Discoveries.

Archaeologists attach much import
ance to the recent discoveries in Crete,
once the center of the empire of the
good King Minos-so good king
that after his demise he was en-
ployed, it is alleged, on the judicial
bench Of Hades. Some years ago a
Mr.. Evans obtained Cretan gems that
bore peculiar markings. He conceived
that they were the prehistoric script
of the Cretans. He has found, after
tedious excavations, a royal Mycen-
aean palace and whole chests full of
records engraved in the mysterious
script. Lately Mr.. Hogarth has opened
up the Dictaean cave, a very ancient
seat of worship, full of arms,
statuettes and so forth. while a shaft
$50 feet deep leads to a lower cavern
containing others. These finds testify
to an ancient Cretan civilization and
an Independent Photograph script.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05

have profted by the war, but not so
extensively. There were sent to the
United Kingdom during the eight
months ending February, 1899, ,496
horses, valued at $1,799,0S0. During
the eight months ending February last
the number of horses was 17,491 and
the value S2,37S,000. Many of these
must have gone to south Africa. There
is significance in the fact that the ex-
the second period exceeded by six and
one-half million pounds those for the
first period. The military expendi-
lures of the British are putting money
in the pockets of many Americans.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
The Sunrise serenade.

''Ah walk out when de cas- am red
Among de timbehs tall;
An heah a Mockeh oberhead,
De sweetest froat OBJ all.
Why do yo' sing?' All stop en- ask,
En- den All heah her say:
Dis am NAH daily sunup task,
A sahanade today
Songs oh sunrise joy when de dark
ness fades away,
De Mockeh in de treetop sing a well
cum song today.
"Ah brush among de meddah lan's
When yelleh-jackets hum;
All look up when de dogwood spans
En- heah dat solemn drum.
'Oh, Misteh Col Wing, why yo' drum
Up yander in de tree?'
All drum jes' kase de day has cum!'
Is how he answeh me.
Drum! drum! drum Yo see his
movin' haid,
De peckeh drum a welcome when de
cas- am fab red.
''Ah thrash among de bramble vines,
A-brushin' off de dew;
A jaybird fun de pines,
A catbird chime in, too.
What's all dis racket fun yo' two?'
En- den All heah dem say:
We calm kase de sun am new,
En- de night hab gone away.
''De jaybird en- de catbird, dey call 'em
welcum say.
Dey's happy when de sun cum up Ell
battle with summac spray
s'En all aroun' de timbeh Ian
Dey watch fob cummin' day;
En- Night she shake Mis- Mawnin's
han,
En- den she fade away.
De ebeny songsteh breaks de bush,
De hummin' bird he hum;
Mis- Quail she whistle in de brush,
De goP wing peckeh drum.
I'm all bus out in melody det echo fro
de haze.
When de sun he smile in crimson en-
de dew-drops tuhn a-blaze.''
Victor A. Herman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
Louisiana's Prairie Parishes.

One night the wife of a northern
farmer lately come south heard pit
eous bleating from the rice marsh.
She supposed that a lamb was lost
there. She took lantern and went to
the pond in the marsh to see if a LAMB
had got fast in the mire and to rescue
it. When she got to the pond she
found little green frog. It was
bleating like lamb. It is commonly
known in Louisiana as the lamb
frog or ''sheep frog Often after a
rain one may walk through the yellow
pine woods and hear the bleatings of
thousands of these tiny frogs. They
give one the impression that a vast
flock of sheep is roaming in the forest.
The sensitive plant is found in the
north in poetry only Here the woods
are carpeted with it. The plant grows
wild as long trailing vine, lying on
the ground If you touch one of its
stems all the narrow-pointed leaves on
the stem slowly fold up; and then in
turn all the leaves on the vine, which
may be 20 or 80 feet long.
In the north the prickly pear leads a
dangerous life in hothouses. and
yields no fruit Here it f1ourishes out
of doors from Christmas to Christmas,
and bears a wholesome fruit with a
pleasant flavor. The juice of this
fruit is deep purple, and is used to
color frostings on cake. The farmers
wives make preserves of the fruit and
flavor them with lemon.
The French inhabitants hold the
prickly pear in much esteem as medi-
cine They peel the leaves, take the
pulp from them and place it in bowl
of water. The patient drinks the wa
ter, and in a short time it breaks an
ordinary fever The northern settlers
have borrowed this novel fever queller
from the French and use it success
fully.
At this season one may look abroad
at night and see or 10 prairie fires at
once. They are burning at every
point of the compass, and make a
great but broken circle Of fire The
farmers light them to burn off the dry
grass, which is from three to five feN
high, to permit the tender green herb
age to come up for the great herds of
cattle to Craze on. These fires may
easily be seen 10 miles away. The
farmers select still nights for them,
when the winds are laid. and the dews
are so heavy that the flames make only
gradual progress. They burn all
night
Sometimes these prairie fires be-
come dangerous, threatening houses,
barns and crops. Under ordinary cir
cumstances they move slowly. They
dc not travel as fast as man walks.
But when the grass is dry and the
wind is strong the prairie fire gallops
through the field. Then the farmers
pillow burrows and blackburn to make a
barrier against the flames and finally
fight them with wetted rice sacks
Louisiana Letter in New York Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
The sonu Of The SINGER.

Day long upon the dreaming hills
by
And had no thought of other things
Than waving grass and summer
sky.
And all the wilding scents ana
sounds
The lavish-hearted season brought
He made his own and prisoned them
Within the little songs he
wrought.
While he was singing in the town
His busy brethren bought and
sold,
And got them place and circum
stance,
And all the pride and pomp Of
gold.
But when the night came with the
stars,
And on the hills her silence laid.
He homeward turning bore with him
Naught save the careless songs
he made. 49,.
20 Prodigal!" his brothers cried,
"And have you done no better
thing:
And is it thus you spend your day
To dream in sunshine and to
sing?''
But he remembering those still
hours
The dream had made so eloquent
The waving grass the summer sky,
The purple hillside smiled, can
tent.
Arthur Ketchum. in Lippincott.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
On Eame,s Pathway.

Senator Depew has purchased a lot
in Washington, and it is expected that
he vii, build permanent residence
there.
Senator Beveridge does most of his
speechmaking and reading by night.
He says he works better then and his
study lamp often burns until midnight
T. C. Steele has just finished life
sized three-quarters length oil portrait
of ex-rresident Harrison, which is to
be placed in the Commercial club OF
indianapolis.
Rev. Judson Ellsworth, pastor oil
Plymouth Congregational church, Mil
waukee, is reading a novel of his own
production to his evening congrega-
lions. It aims to preach the gospel
in the story of a young mans con-
version.
John Norton Pomeroy of California,
who has been filling one of the law
chairs at Washington and Lee univer-
sity, has accepted position at Yale
to deliver the lectures on equity which
were begun by Prof. E. J. Phelps.
Mr.. Labouchere responded to an in
vitation to attend dance, given in
aid of the Northampton Reservist
fund, by forwarding 10 guineas and a
note, in which he said: Il have al
ways thought it somewhat grewsome
for fine ladies to get UP balls in Lon
don to help the wounded. They
would do better to contribute what
they can without dancing over
graves
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
Practice and Precept.

A correspondent of the New York
Sun describes a scene in a restaurant
in New York when three respectable
looking colored women came in to get
some luncheon. Their presence
caused a futter among the walters
and a messenger was sent for the pro-
prietor. In the meantime the women
waited patiently to give their order
and were most decorous in their be-
havior. Then the proprietor arrived
and informed them that they could
not be served. The writer concludes
that "if we can set no better example
to the south in the treatment of the
colored race, would we better not
maintain discreet silence on the
subject?" He adds very truly that it
is much easier to preach than to prac-
tice,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
STAMP BOOKS POPULAR.
Everybody Finds New System Very
Great Convenience.

Everybody Finds New System Very
Great Convenience.
The scheme of issuing postage
stamps in book form, introduced by
the postoff1ce department, has proved
in every way a success, and the pub
lie is not slow in coming to an appre-
citation of the convenience of a system
that enables one to carry a supply of
the article in the vest pocket with no
danger of their running together in
mucky weather. Local postal clerks
report the books as steadily growing in
popularity and their sales constantly
increasing. The demand is greatest
for the 25-cent book, though the 40 and
97-cent books are also selling we'll.
Travelling men and business firms
having representatives on the road
are among the largest purchasers. La
dies are delighted with the convenient
method of carrying stamps, and have
almost ceased to buy them loose, as
formerly Workmen and farmers who
as rule have no desk conveniences
for keeping stamps in sheets find the
little books very handy and are pur-
chasing largely in this form, while stu
dents and others have to a consider
able extent given up the old method
and are taking advantage of the stamp
book innovation.
Designs have bSen accepted by the
postoffice department for a new series
OF special postage stamps in honor of
the pan-American exposition at Buf.
falo next year. The stamps are to be
of the six lower denominations, /, 2, 4,
5, and 10 cents, and will be on sale
JAM l. They will be in two colors, the
border varying in color with the de-
nomination of the stamp, and the cen
ter design of all being in black. All
the center designs will show some
form Of transportation, such as the To-
connective, the automobile, steamboat,
etc. These will be the first United
States postage stamps printed in two
colors since some of the very early
issues, and they will be smaller in
size than the Columbian and Omaha
special issues.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
Exports of Mules and Horses.

The war in south Africa is in evil
dence in the treasury reports of the
exports of domestic merchandise.
During the eight months ending Feb
ruary %, 1899, there were exported
4,075 mules, valued at $315,668. Dur
ing the eight months ending February
% of this year, there went to foreign
lands 25,545 mules, valued at $780,
713. 1t is safe to say that four-ffths
of them went to south Africa and en-
listed in the British service, and that
those which have not been killed or
captured by the beers, or have not
died, are still working under Lord
Roberts. So the south African war
has proven a market for nearly two
million dollars worth of American
mules. Probably the only regret of
the stockraisers is that the beers are
unable to buy on an equally large
scale. The horse breeders probably
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
On q Postal Card

A citizen of Lexington, Mo, claims
fame by reason of the fact that on a
postal card 3x51a inches in extent he
has written 1855 words, consisting
of this mixture: Declaration of In
dependence, 1909; constitution of the
United States, with preamble and am
endments, $500; the articles of con-
federation of the original states, 3,46O:
the Lords prayer, 81; :he One Hun
dred and Nineteenth Psalm, 2,435; 145
lines of Longfellow's "Evangeline, !"
], 614-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
Sir George CoIIey,s Battle Prayer.


The British soldiers when they
passed through Port Elizabeth on their
way to Cape Colony were handed
cards by committee from the Queen
Street Baptist church of Port Eliza
beth, on which was printed Sir George
Colley's prayer, written by him TWEEN
ty-seven years before his death at Ma
juba Hill. The prayer reads as fol-
lows:
Lord, ere join the deadly strife,
And battle terrors dare
First would render soul and life
To thine almighty care
And when grim death in smoke
wreaths robed,
Comes laundering DER the scene,
What fear can reach the soldiers
heart
Whose trust in thee has been?"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
GaribaIdi's Granddaughter.

Miss Italia Garibaldi, a granddaugh-
ter of the Italian patriot, has arrived
from Italy, and is visiting friends in
Brooklyn. Later she will go to Balti-
more. When her grandfather was in
exile he lived for time on Staten ISL
and and supported himself by making
candles. Her father is Ricciotti Carl
baldi, member of the Italian parlia-
ment. She was born in Australia
Her mother is an English woman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05

doubtful if the sale OF so called "doped
gum" can be stopped in this city.
Nevertheless, the chemist making
the analysis is going to report to the
board of health, and this report will be
published, thus notifying the public
just what they may expect when they
resort to the slot machine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05

Traffic on the various roads en-
tering La Crosse, suspended Sunday,
has been resumed. The storm was
the worst since the flood two years
ago. The loss will reach 100000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05

The manufacturers of the United
States are rapidly increasing their
share in the foreign commerce OF the
country.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-05
SLOT MACHINE GUM
NEW YORK BOARD INVESTlGAI-
ING COMMITTEE.
is THE STUFF DoPED?

Many Samples Obtained for Analysis
The "Pepsin Habit" said to Have
Seriously Affected a Fanny OF
Seven Children in the Metropo-
lis.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-29

building permits, etc, so why not IN
building walksf I would not have an
other wooden walk in the city.
They are only temporary. They are
expensive. They are u~nsightly and are
very neutrality-suspicious. for dead
rats as well as live ones. and all man
ners of filth. microbes. etc, etc.
Gravel walks on the contrary, are
cheap. permanent, slightly and sani-
tary. For a single lot the cost OF a g.
foot wooden walk Is about si2. while
one Of gravel will cost about IS. All
the dirt and gravel received to con-
struct a gravel walk Is OF permanent
value, when you desire a brick or GEM
ent walk, while 1t will even cost some
thing to get the old wooden walk out
Of the way. All the labor and mater
ial counting for nothing in the con-
struction OF a new walk. 1t is not nee
essary that a gravel walk be filled to
grade. II It win cost much. The
ground Is nearly level. 80 that ordinar-
lily It will not require more than two
loads OF gravel and two or three OF
dirt for a 25 foot walk. | have built
both wooden n gravel walks, so know
something about them.
Il. s. SLOWER.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-29
A GOOD COMPANY.
Crawford Stock Company to be Here Mex,
Week.

Crawford stock Company To be Here Next
Week.
The FL Paso Times says OF the ex-
cellent company which Will appear at
the new theater in this city mex week.
beginning next Monday night:
The opera house was comfortably nll-
ed to see Roy C~rawford's Stock COM
pany last night. The play presented
was Myron Deffingwelrs sensational
drama, The Hand OF Fate" one OF
the most interesting plays OF their re-
pertoire. Miss Efie Darling as "Suze"
from Tennessee showed herself to be
an actress OF sterling worth and APP
peared to great advantage In the
strong emotional scenes.
Myrion Defingwell as Richard Graf
ton" a counterfelter was very salts
factory and was a study from start TO
finish. Mr.. Defnngwell Is a good ae-
tor n deserved the generous applause
accorded him.
Kitty Walsh. Elinor Lewis, Tom
Walsh and Charles Burch were good
and deserving Of special mention. The
moving pictures were a special feature
and were good.
the company appears In the
strong m~elodrama. "A Soldiers Sweet
heart" All new ~specialties will be in
troduced. Saturday at $3.50 D. m. a
matinee will be given for the ladies' and
children Saturday night the eastern
rad will be introduced, an amateurs
night when a number of local anna
tours VIII be presented. This will be
great fun as we'll as a social affair. A
good thing introduced by the company
last night vas the passing OF ice wa
ter between the acts.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-29
GALLUP.


Brakeman Pitmsn Burt-Don >. Rankin
was In Gallup = Benefit Contributions.
From the Cleaner.
Born 10 Dr. and Mrs. Edmondson on
Monday last a little daughter.
w. l.. Bretherton went to San Fran
cisco on business, leaving here wednes-
day morning.
Master Palmer Ketner celebrated his
eighth birthday by an enjoyable enter
tainment to his little playmates.
Mrs. Samuel NJ. Brown is just recov-
ering from a sickness which has con-
fined her to her room for over a week
past.
Something over 5000 has been sub
scribed at the Gallup and Catalpa
mines for Charles Blinn. the coal min
er. who lost his leg last fall.
Messrs. Wypor. Hight and wittck,
who were appointed census enumera-
tors for the Navajo reservation. have
resigned. A. r. Stone has been recon-
mended by the agent to All one Of the
vacancies.
Joe Pitman, a well known brakeman
on the second division, got his foot
caught by the pilot o fan engine on his
last trip down ana had his leg brok-
en- above the ankle. He lost some fin
gers switching in the Gallup yard two
years ago.
Don Rankin, of the Southwestern
Brewery. with a building contractor.
was out from Albuquerque to make ar
rangements for establishing a branch
house here. Five cent beer will not be
sold here unless some one else makes
the cut first.
About $3.50 has been raised for the
benefit OF the sufferers OF the Utah ex-
plosion In Utah. The following amounts
were given: Clarkville, $3.50; Otero
SIS; Thatcher. s75; Rocky Gin, sS5i
Gallup. 800.
The bids for supplying Fort wingate
with coal for the coming year were
sent to Denver on Monday. The adj
vertisement called for 1000 tons. The
right to increase or decrease the
amount 20 per cent was reserved by
the government. The bids were as FOL.
lows: Rocky Cliff. $40; Van Dorm,
$3.50; Caledonia. A6o; Old Diamond
S4.g0.
Three new entries are being driver
at the Catalpa. Three shifts are work
ed on each one New entries are beins
made at the Gallup. and work Is be.
ing pushed on the new slope. Richards
grading force Is at work ON the lin,
above the tipple. The diamond drill Il
at work two miles north OF the ole
slope. With the new work on hant
the output Of these two mines will b,
more than doubled in the next 81,
weeks.