Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-28
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

school for the purpose of improving
the efficiency of the police force OF
| the city
There is to be hall of fame at tha
st. Louis exposition. Eech state is TO
be permitted to select the names Of
two of its distinguished sons to be
it's representatives in this hall. The
| famous men to be thus honored must
| have been dead 10 years or more.
America leads in the matter Of
women practicing medicine. The first
was Elizabeth Blackwell, who gradual
ed as physician in 1849 Three years
later there were six in Philadelphia.
In 1889 there were 5000 women
doctors in the United States; in 1896
there were 1856, and now there are
| probably $1,000
That Italians are losing the unjust
| reputation of being an INDECENT race
is the opinion of the New York Even
ing Post In Germany Italian laborers
are opposed as being willing to work
for reduced wages, but in some cases,
in Stuttgart and elsewhere, they ge-
higher wages for being "more in
dustrious and trustworthy than the
| Germans.
1t is asserted that for many years
King Edward has not touched cham
payne, which was at one time his
| favorite beverage and which he made
so fashionable. 1t is claimed that he
now drinks nothing but red wine, Of
which he has reat quantities at Mari
borough house and at Sandringham.
and of which he is considered the
finest judge in England
ST. Louis declares it is going to
show Chicago something bigger than
even its worlds fair, in proof of which
it proudly boasts Of having obtained
100000 already-$5, 100000 each
from the federal government, the
state and the city-as against a total
of $11,O00,000 for Chicago. Exhibits
of American manufactures will be
given particular prominence.
Caroline Lewis Gordon, since the
death of Winnie Davis, the daughter
of the confederacy," has married Il
Yankee from Maine, Orrin Bishop
ter of the confederate major-general
met Miss Gordon in New York two
years ago. He is wealthy, and about
a year ago went into business in New
York. He has fine summer place
on the Maine coast
The students of the Beaux Arts in
Paris are much excited over the in
to whitewash the corridors of the
academy. These corridors are cover
ed with original sketches and cat-
features, many done by the greatest
artists of the time in their studen+
days. The students have signed a
petition to the authorities to leave the
walls dirty and dusty and to spare the
sketches.
A friend, accompanied by his collie
recently called on M. Provost, at the
artists studio in Paris. After an
hours chat the men decided to fence
awhile. Scarcely had the bout begun
when the dog, thinking his master a.
tackled, flew at his host. knocking
him Down and out in short order The
fencing-mask was all that saved the
artist from an even worse injury. for
the indignant collie was pulled from
his victim with the greatest difficulty.
Rev. DR.. Israel Aaron delivered a
glowing tribute to the late president
Thursday at the temple Beth Zion IN
Buffalo. DR.. Aaron took particular
care to show that no man could be a
Jew and an anarchist at the same
time. He said; II am glad that no
Jew can be an anarchist. There may
be some with Jewish blood in their
veins who profess to be anarchists
but they become such through
diseased mind or something else.
But when he does become one ne
ceases to be son of Israel With
the horrible condition of the Russian
Jews they might we'll be anarchists
but they still remain sons of God"
Very few anarchists ever become
prosperous and contented citizens"
says a detective. "There have been
some instances, though have in
mind one man who Is years ago was
very prominent in anarchistic circles
here. He even published little paper
in the interest Of anarchy. The sheet
was so rabid that after the Haymarket
riots it was suppressed. This man
was an expert chemist and his fama
had followed him from Germany, from
which country he had been exiled
He was offered employment at a salary
of $50 a week, more money than he
had ever dreamed of making. He was
frugal in his habits and soon acquired
a snug bank account. With approach
ing aff1uence he turned his back upon
his old associates and eventually
married an American woman Today
his name is but memory among the
anarchists. Philadelphia Record.
Among the characteristics of the
Japanese an American at once notices
their love for children. 1t is doubtful
if any Japanese child ever got a whip
ming An American woman who no.