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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05
AN EccENTIc COUNTESS.
Wonderful Collection of Articles
Comes to Light After Her Death.

Some of the eccentricities Of the
late Comtesse de Castiglione have
come out. At the time of her death
she had no fewer than five flats in
different parts of Paris, four of which
were chiefly used for storing rare fur
niture and other objects. She lived
in the fifth, the street bearing her
name. 1t contained many roughly
made deal boxes and basket trunks
packed with rich laces, furs, fans,
scent bottles and jeweled knick-
knacks.
There were fifty fans of the great
est beauty. A summary history Of
each, and on what. occasions it was
used, was written on a docket A
great quantity of plate was found in a
box in another of the flats, with tea
service in massive carved silver of
great value. Her collection of Vene-
tian rose and other Italian guipures
is said to be of priceless worth. The
parasols and canes are not less re-
markable. Canes came into fashion
for ladies just before she retired from
the world to bury herself alive as a
recluse in the very heart of Paris
These aticles are in themselves al
most a fortune. The cambria body
linen is of unbelievable fneness.
There are also trunks filled with SOU
venirs of the Tulleries, which the
countess gathered in the ruins of that
palace. Pawn tickets have been
found for sums amounting to 10000
francs. One of them covers famous
necklace of pearls that was missed,
though she mentioned it in her will.
1t is worth $4,000. She pawned it
for a trifle compared with it's real
value. The heir of the late countess
is distant counsin, who lives in &C.
noa.-London Telegraph
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05

should be remembered, is an exceed
ingly retiring animal. He lives in
kind of underground fortress, from
which it is difficult to disIodge him,
and which he never leaves till it IS
dusk, when he sets out on his nightly
prowl. He is chased by enthusiastic
sportsman, as the fox used to be in
former days, on his return home.
When his trail is once found by a
little pack of good terriers a capital
run may be had, and if sack is
placed at the mouth of his. castle he
is generally taken alive. Digging him
out or forcing him to bolt with dogs is
a much more arduous task, as he
fights furiously and is rarely con-
quered till he has left his mark upon
some of his assailants But what be-
comes of the badgers when they are
taken? What was done with the 16
animals whose fate is recorded by Mr..
Lush? They were surely not all de-
stroyed; and what is the good of TAX
ing them only to keep them in cages
or to turn them loose again? If they
were caught and killed as vermin we
should protest emphatically against
such wholesale slaughter of one of the
few really wild species still existing
in these islands. Possibly they kill
a fox cub now and then and make
away with good many rabbits, but
they do not do enough damage to be
seriously injurious to sport or to justi-
fly a war of determination. 1t is also
the case that the badger is as fond of
honey as ursa major and as no stings
can penetrate his hide he can feast
on the nests Of wild bees, wasps and
hornets, who's grubs he thinks de-
licious with perfect impunity Occa-
sicnally this sweet tooth of his will
lure him into gardens, where he does
net hesitate to upset the bee hives
and swallow the contents But is the
poor badger to be driven out of the
country for such peccadilloes as these
and our woods deprived Of one of their
most ancient and interesting inhabit-
ants? With all respect to the game
keepers, we hope not.-London Stan
dard.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05
WHAT THE NAILS TELL.
Character Shown at Finger Tips, Ac-
cordinq to Those Who Know.

Character Shown at Finger Tips, Ac-
cording to Those Who Know.
Long nails never indicate such
great physical strength as short, broad
ones. Very long finger-nailed persons
are apt to have delicate chests and
lungs.
Long nails. very wide at the top and
blush in appearance, denote bad cir
culation. Long-nailed men and women
are less critical and more impression
able than those with short nails.
Long nails indicate ideality and an
artistic temperament
Long-nailed people are apt to be
very visionary and hate to face dis
agreeable facts.
short-nailed men never give up an
argument.
A keen sense of humor accompanies
short nails.
Short-nailed persons make good
critics; they are sharper and more
logical than long-nailed people, and
usually more positive in assertion.
Short nails, thin and fiat at the base,
indicate a weak action Of the heart.
Short nails, very fiat and sunken as
it were into the flesh at the base, are a
sign of diseased nerves.
Short nails, very fiat and inclined to
curve out or lift UP at the edges, are
the forerunners of paralysis.
Don't use nail bleachers too gener-
ously, and ont fail to be stingy of
rouge and powder. Let your nails be
beautiful with no visible signs of the
manicuring that keeps them pink and
lovely Toledo Bee.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05
A PLEA 70 THE BADGER.
Still Abundant in England, But 1t
Seems Doomed,

A correspondent in Worcestershire
sends US an account of the great sue
cess which he and his friends have
lately met with in the pursuit of the
badger. Worcestershire is one of the
English counties in which these ami
mails have hitherto contrived to main
tain themselves in considerable num-
bers. In all the western counties
Cornwall, Devon and Somerset-they
are comparatively plentiful, and in
Wales and along the Welsh border
they hold their own. Standish park,
in Worcestershire, is not very far
from the Forest of Dean. on the
Welsh frontier, and the forest must
afford the badgers much excellent
cover. They were to be found 40
years ago in Stow Wood, near Ok
ford. In the west of Ireland they are
reported to be still abundant. The
badger, says Mr.. Pease in his little
monograph published three years ago,
"has made a wonderful struggle for
existence" But he believes him to
be doomed. The gamekeepers' edict
has gone forth against him; he is
classed as ''vermin" and is disappear
ing with the polecat, the martin, the
wildcat, the nobler kind of hawks and
other wild creatures. furred and feath-
cred, formerly denizens of our Eng
lish woodlands. The badger, it
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05
AUTOS MUST BE CHEAPER.
Kerosene. Gasoline and Petroleum
hGntnrc Reonrninn PonI,Iar

Kerosene. Gasoline and Petroleum
Motors Becoming Popular.
The first step toward a cheaper We
hicle must be that of standard or in
changeble bodies, with wheels, tires,
xles, springs, gears and other parts of
uniform size. Electric automobiles
must, sooner or later, be provided
with interchangeable batteries, SO
that old batteries can be thrown out
and newly charged batteries subsitut-
ed without long waits, as is now the
case. To accomplish this result manu-
facturers will either have to agree
upon standard battery or the inven-
tive genius of our electricians must be
called up to produce some quick
charging means.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05

Congressman and Mrs. ]. w. Bah
cock and Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Babcock
of Necedah are at present at the
Marienbad Springs in Austria. They
return to this country in September.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05

At Peoria machinists of three agri-
cultural implement factories declared
the strike off.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05

in the matter of hours, throws an in
creasing amount of night and Sunday
work and overtime duty on the men,
London Chronicle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-08-05

Apart from the present slow system
of charging electric batteries and the
rapid deterioration of motor batteries,
the American electric automobile of
today surpasses all other automobiles
in many points. First of all, it is
easiest to manage. It starts at a
touch without having to wait for the
generation Of steam or for carburibza-
ton. It has no noisy and conspicuous
exhaust, nor does it offend by its odor,
as is the case with automobiles pre-
PEELED by gasoline or kerosene motors.
No skill is required to run it.
On the other hand. there are some
distinct drawbacks. There is the I'M
due weight and bulkiness of the bat
teries, which in itself is bound to In
terfere with grace of design. AS We
hicle, it's runs are confined to narrow
limits. The motive power is measured
by the capacity Of the storage batter
les. Charging stations outside the
large cities are few and far between.
If the power gives out between sta
tons, it is impossible to replenish.
Another bad point, already indicated,
is the fact that it takes several hours
to charge battery to its full capacity.
The seam motor, while the farthest
advanced, likewise has it's drawbacks.
First of all comes the question of fuel,
The lightest and most effective fuel
for generating steam at present APP
pears to be gasoline. Yet, even with
generate steam for propulsion before
starting. Nearly three times as much
gasoline is consumed in this way as it
would actually take to run a gasoline
motor This increases the running ex-
penses. While the gasoline is light
enough to carry a supply for fifty or
sixty miles the water tank in the aver
age steam vehicle will hold only
enough for twenty or twenty-five miles
This means that a stop must be made
for water at least once or twice during
a good days run. In long distance
races this is a serious consideration.
The most economical motor IOf IlSnt
road purposes, without doubt, is the
gasoline engine. AS perfected in
France, the gasoline motor comes
broadly under two systems. The first
of these is dependent upon direct car
burization Air is passed over gas
oline in tank. The gasoline issues
forth in such a manner as to mix with
from seven to nine parts of air. The
chief disadvantage of the system is
that the density of the gas is atfected
by atmospheric conditions and the
temperature of the fluid.
The other gasoline system depends
for it's effectiveness upon vaporizing or
SPRAYING. Limited quantities of the
gasoline in the tank are sprayed into
the carburiztng chambers, where, mix
ing with the air, it forms the explosive
mixture which drives the motor. The
trouble with this system is it's uncer-
tain ignition and explosion, often caus-
ing annoying delays at the start. Both
have the advantage of cheap
ness and peculiar adaptability for light
and rapid work.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

voice. strengthened II. and made II fex-
ible. z
Six months later the young Deputy was
a member of the French Cabinet.
Listen to voices around you as you study
faces. Search for natural intonations as for
sincere friends.
And above all. study children; for here
comes in a very singular thing. Children
are admirable elocution teachers. Their
exible organs yielding readily to their ever
changing emotions, they attain more daring
infections than the most skillful actor could
imagine.
Reading poetry and blank verse is to
translate It to. your audience. Any diction.
therefore,, to be good, should be exact re-
Election Of the genius that one interprets.
Shakespeare cannot be read k Byron;
Sheridan Knowles like Tennyson; nor Schil-
Ter like Victor Hugo. Every style Of poetry
has its own special manner. in which 1t
must be read, A reader who applied the
natural style to "Ruy Blas"swould
at once deprive 1t Of Its most prominent
quality and richness and colortng. One must
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

of a good organ. additional notes may be
gained by study. On one occasion the IA
nous Mulibran. when singing the rondo from
"Somnambula.' finished her cadenza with a
trill on IA in alt running up from low
ID" thus embracing three octaves. These
three octaves are no natural gift, but the
result of long and patient labor. After her
concert. some one expressed his admiration
of her ID in alt" Her reply was char
acteristic:
We'll. l nave worked hard enough for
It. l have been chasing 1t for a month.
1 pursued it everywhcre-when I was dress
ing. when 1 was doing my hair. and at last
I found it in the toe Of a shoe that I was
putting on."
One of the first duties Of an actor in
going IN for a long scene Is to take a
deep breath at the start. to be sure that
his lungs are well filled. Then comes the
second and most difficult part-the expend-
iture OF this breath. Some actors spend 1t
too freely and are continually at the pump,
giving sudden gasps which are most dis
to their audiences. -
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
HOW TO THRILL HUMANITY BY THE MAGIC OF THE SPOKEN WORD.

be extravagant with the extravagant: an
artist in making a copy Of Reubens, would
use oil. not make a pencil drawing.
In her memoirs. Mime. Ta.ma tells US that
when playing "Andromache'' she was once
so deeply moved that tears flowed not only
from all her hearers, but from her own
eyes as well. Several times when I have
been playing Virginius the same thing has
happened to me. I have cried as much as
a man could; and 1 am not ashamed to
state 1t. I may accept Nine. Talma's ex-
PLANTATION OF tho fact as she told 1t to her
friends:
ut was my voice that made me weep. I
was touched by the expression which my
voice gave to the sorrows OF Andromache,
not by the sorrows themselves. The nervous
shiver which traversed my frame was the
electric shock produced on my nerves by
nv W tones. For the time being I was
both actress and audience. I magnetized
myself"
Nor was this feeling peculiar to Mme.
.Talma, Rachel once made a similar re-
mark. She was speaking Of having recitsd
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

"well, old fellow" said Legouve, this
speech will never get you into the Cabinet"
why notf"
because you absolutely don't know how
to speak"
Don't know how to speak?" said ne.
somewhat hurt and offended. "And yet I
thought my speech"
"oh, your speech was in. excellent taste.
fair and sensible. ever witty; but what
avails that, II no one could hear your
"Not hear me! But I began so loud"
THAT you may say you shrieked. Accord
ingly. you were hoarse in fifteen minutes"
'That's true"
wait; 1 haven't finished yet Having
spoken too loud. you spoke too fast"
"Oh! too fast!" he exclaimed, deprecatins-
". Perhaps I did at the end, because 1
wanted to cut. 1t short"
Exactly; and you did the very opposite.
You spun 1t out. Nothing on the stage
makes q scene seem 30 long az to read It
on too fast. An audience = very cunning
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

and guesses by your haste that you think
the thing drags. Unwarned, the listener
might not notice IT: but draw his attention
to the fact, and he loses patience"
True again!" cried the friend. II felt the
audience slipping from me toward the end.
But how can l remedy this HIP
Nothing easier. Take a reading master"
"Do you know one9"
IA splendid one"
"And whom?"
IN. Samson"
Samson, the actorr'
Eyes,"
But 1 can't take lessons Of an %ectcr.,'
why not?"
Just think Of 1t! A politiciani A states
man! All the comic papers would make
fun Of me If 1t were known"
''You are right! People are just stupid
enough to turn you into ridicule' for study
ing your profession. But rest easy. No
one shall know It."
You'll keep my secret?"
eyes, and Samson. too, I promise you"
80 he set to work. Samson placed snis
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

in the gardens at Potsdam before the Car
of Russia. the Emperor Of Germany tho
King of Prussia and other crowned heads.
and she said:
That audience of Kings electrified me.
Never were my tones more omnipotent;
my voice bcwitched my ears"
Nor Is this all. One OF the greatest
French actors now living has often told
me that he could never reach the pitch of
emotion which so deeply stirs his audi
ences. if he did not learn his parts by re-
citing them aloud. His voice electrifies and
guides him,
And this is the explanation of the seem-
ingly inexplicable fact that some actors
who are utterly stupid may appear bril-
liantly On the stage.
have seen men of ordinary intellect and
sensibility on the stage mold their hearers
to their will; and this because their voice
knew, felt and acted for them Condemn
them to silence. and they fell back into
mediocrity. 1t seems as II a little fairy
slumbered in their threats. who woke when
they spoke, and by waving her wand,
reused powers unknown in them.
The voice Is an invisible actor, hidden
within the actor-a mysterious reader con-
cealed within the r~eader-and serving both
a . prompter.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
By JAMES o'NEILL
WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
n HE voice apparatus is very much like


n HE voice apparatus is very much like
piano.
The pianos keyboard Is composed
Of from. six and a half to seven octaves.
divided into three classes of notes-upper.
lower and m~iddle-whose tones correspond
To strings Of various sizes.
The voice has Its keyboard also. divided
INTO three ~octaves. instead of seven, but
having it's three species of notes. like the
a5fano, and its chords of differing sizes.
, And we can never play upon the voice
properly without study. any more. than
we can upon the piano.
The three varieties of voice, known as
nigh, low and medium. are all Indispensable
10 artistic reading; but they must be used
aifrerently, their strength being unequal.
The medium voice Is the strongest. most
flexible and natural. That is the one that
use almost entirely after the third act in
Monte Cristo," for the scene in which the
suppressed. e~motion-the hardest thing to
simulate on the stage-dominates the actions
and Stpres1ions Of the r%evenging Count. The
famous actor, Mole. once said: without
the ddddle register, no reputation"
No M can make q voice who has not one
= saG6t with But. having the possession
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
The REPUBLIC: SUNDAY. MARCH 10. l901-MAGAZINE SECTION.
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The proposition to oaet eF Fair along the river front has an earnest avocas in { 1 ohnh
who has carefully draw Up a plan which he thinks demonstrates that the necessary space tor
buildings waks and onamenthonc could be secured He favms stretching the AIR ot panor
maHk, caste Forhs street. from North Market ret to a point between Park and Lafayette
avenues md at zach lend he would build mammoth Worlds Fair eI one capable Of acconmo
dMng $4,000 and the other 16 900 guests At Washington avenue which would be about
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

midway, he would evdln the circle Just vest Of the Eads bridge apprh-am magnificent tower
sunpumtdb heroic statue Of Thomas jefferson Mr. Shb camsH that there is in hsh tract
wrabmdance Transportation facilities hea ease Of access and the many sanitary advantages
That this site would possess
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-30
USED A REVOLVER.
ThOne Accused of Shooting at Albert
Schaefer.

w. H. Thone a former barkkeeper,
was arraigned before Judge Wilcox yes
terday on a charge of assault to muir
der. The examination was set for
Tuesday. ThOne is accused of trying to
XIII his father-in-law, Albert Schaefer
on Sunday afternoon.
The families of the men occupy ad-
Joining premises up Nuuanu Valley.
There is said to have been bad feeling
between the men, Sunday the men got
lr % row of some character and Au-
gust Schaefer a step son of the elder
man, is said to have struck Thone. The
latter armed himself with a % caliber
revolver and is alleged to have returned
to the attack.
He shot Unfortunately into the
crowd of family connections and rela-
tlVes standing about. He paid particu-
lar attention, so it is alleged, to the
elder Schaefer who was forced to take
refuge in a gulch back of his home
Thone claimed that he was shooting
Mynah birds but Deputy Sheriff Chill
lingworth and Captain of Police Fox
took him into custody.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-30
NOTICE

Sealed Tenders for the purchase OF
$500, 100000 six per cent. sis bonds of
the authorized issue of the Waialua
Agricultural Company, Limited, Will be
received by its Treasurer, said tenders
to be opened on June LIST, 1901, in the
office Of the Company I'm Honolulu. II.
I. The Company does not bind itself
to accept the highest or any bid. Fur
Their information may be obtained by
examination of original Deed Of Trust,
on file with the Hawaiian Trust 81 In
vestment Company, Limited, Honolulu,
II. r., or from certified copy Of same
on file with Mr.. r. p. Rithet, President
Of WEIGH & Co., 22O California ST., San
Francisco, California.
w. A. BOWEN,
Treasurer Waialua Agricultural Co..
Ltd.
April 9th 1901.
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COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
COUNTED FOR.
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NOTICE.

The stock books Of the OlDwalu co..,
VIII be closed to transfers from April
29th to 3Oth Inclusive.
n. NJ. WHITNEY. JR.
Treasurer. Olowalu Company