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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-25

Madison, Feb. 19.-The close of bust.
ness of the last day for the introduc,
ton of bills found total of 1908
measures had been presented in the
two houses of the legislature, the as
sembly having good lead in IS, tC
588 for the senate. In the two SEES
sions of Tuesday a total of 338 came
in, of which 225 originated in the as
sembly and 113 in the senate. The
last day two years ago $50 bills were
introduced, 1873 in the assembly and
112 in the senate. In all 843 measures
we're introduced at the session of 80,
512 in the assembly and 331 in the
senate. At the close of new business
in '97 total of 983 bills had been
presented, 626 in the assembly and
357 in the senate. Through joint res
olution SO more came in afterward
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-25

Madison, Feb. 15.-Unless Senator
Mosher finds some excuse in the
name of caution and economy for
further delaying the passage of Sena-
tor Kreutzer's bill, the measure in
creasing the salaries of the justices
of the supreme court from $4,000 to
$1,000 year, and of district court
judges from $4,000 to $4,000, will pass
the senate almost unanimously.
George F. Cooper of Black River
Falls, was appointed by the governor.
and confirmed by the senate, to the
position of state oil inspector.
The assembly went on record over
whelmingly as opposed to the ship
subsidy bill before the United States
senate. Of the 100 members only Is
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-25

Lily Langtry declares that besides
giving the best obtainable plays in the
finest possible manner at her new
London theater she will retain control
of the bar and sell only f1rst-rate
drinks at reasonable prices. Thus the
art and business of the drama touch
soothingly at a tender point.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-25
Insuring Morqan's Life.

London, Feb. IA member of the
Lloyds tells the papers that J. Pier
pont Morgan's life is being insured by
investors interested in his projects,
with London companies. About
10000 were written at less than 10
per cent.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-25
Mrs. stoddard Divorced.

Cambridge, Feb. 15.-Mary A. Stod-
dard was granted divorce from John
L. Stoddard, the lecturer, yesterday on
the ground of desertion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-25

voted against Mr.. Miners memorial
on the subject The insurance com
mittee made a favorable report on the
bill whose aim is to relieve the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company of the payment of some $780,
600 taxes to other states annually as
result of the retaliatory legislation
in force in these states. Mr.. Hall ex-
planned it and asked for immediate
consideration in order that the COM
pany might get the benefit of the law
this year. Numerous amendments by
the insurance committee were adopt
ed, then the bill was passed, after
Judge Orion had explained that the
loss to the state would not exceed
$4,000 year and it would be much
less as time goes on. Bills were in,
troduced: By Mr.. Karel. providing
for at least two free lectures a week
in school hours for working people by
city boards Of education during the
winter season. also, authorizing
boards of health to report on the
sanitary condition of school houses
and other public buildings; by Mr.. H.
Miller, requiring legislative contes-
tees to furnish bonds. the state to
pay none Of their expenses unless
they win; by Mr.. Duerrwaechter, pro-
viding that all polling places in the
smallest cities may be in the city
halls; by Mr. Johnson, forbidding
drugs or medicine to be thrown on
private property by advertisers; by
Mr.. Frost, limiting members of the
legislature to one blue book each and
requiring their sale to private citizens
at cost; by the assembly committee
on state affairs. limiting the home.
stead exemption to $4,000 Now
there is no limit and by Mr.. Burdeau,
requiring railway companies to put
in all cattle guards and cross fences
when crossings are made across their
tracks.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-25

Heavenly Father, Anneliese, is
your mother ILL.,"
Suddenly the power of speech de-
serted me. my throat seemed paralyz-
ed.
Come! You look as if you were
suffering! Come up-stairs" And she
drew me along, pushing me before her
into her tiny chamber in which the
shades were lowered at the opened
windows. There she stood the chat
ing-dish upon the table and seized me
by both shoulders.
What has happened, Anneliese?"
ooh, aunt" l stammered, my teeth
chattering, "aunt-please-au help
me-mamma-"
"Of course! She is now i'll. I told
her she was overtaxing herself in
nursing you Well, do not make such
| a miserable face, your mamma will
not die at once-wait-I will dress
and come with you. Have you had a
doctor?"
"She is not ill-she is-she has
Good Lord. then speak," she cried
angrily. What ails her?''
|*She wants-ah. aunt, it is SO
| terrible-she wants Woolmeyer-he
wants to marry mamma"
| ''Woolmeyer = wa wants your
mother?"
| I raised my fearful eyes and gazed
upon a face rigid with establishment.
Eyes! All. aunt, help me-do not
allow it-tell her SOL" Now the tears
gushed from my eyes in torrents
| To be continued.
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tween the leaves and through the open

tween the leaves and through the open
door at their likenesses within A
pathway, wandering amid the shadows
and the perfume from the porch to the
board fence. which stood painless and
gloomy, in front, stopped at the gate
where Mildred stood of evenings In
the dusk and the twilight.
Beyond the gate, the road stretched.
to the right, over the far fields into the
wearisome distance; to the left, into
the heart of the village, past the four
stores. the postofhce, the tavern, the
meeting house, and on to the fields
again, and the hills, and the woods and
the sunset.
As the darkness deepened, the fields
grew more and more indistinct to the
woman's vision, and the road seemed
to end IN a mist which grew ever near
err to her.
But through the mist a star shone
brightly-the Polar Star. And Mil
dred watched it with wistful eyes and
smiled sadly. HE will return" she
said to herself; che will return to me
with love in his heart"
But after two years In the Klondike
Jason found himself one morning in
a crowd of desperate, disappointed
men, who cursed their way aboard
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24

Washington dispatch: The United
States Navy Department, like that of
France and Great Britain. is expert
menting with submarine boats.
A few weeks ago Simon Lake sub
mitted to the Navy Department care
fully worked out plans for submarine
boats of three orders; a small kind that
could be carried by battleship and
used as picket boat, larger type for
coast defense work and a still larger
order for cruising purposes, having
radius of action of thousands of miles.
The result of Mr.. Lakes interview with
the board of construction will be the
building of boat of the coast defense
type to be tried in competition with the
submarine boats now building for this
government; and if this boat accom-
plish nothing more than Mr.. Lake has
already realized in his Argonaut, built
two years ago, it will be much more
effective military instrument than the
present boats of the Holland design,
whose subaqueous work is substantial
ly limited to a series of plunges of no
inconsiderable uncertainty.
The Argonaut was designed to travel
along on the bottom. the boat resting
upon three massive wheels of cast iron,
the single one at the stern acting as a
rudder. 1t made numerous descents on
its way down the Chesapeake and trav-
eled over all kinds of bottom, some of
which was so soft that the divers would
sink nearly up to their waists when
leaving the boat. Other bottoms were
found to consist of hard sand, on which
the wheels made no impression. 1t was
run up hill and down dale and across
dredged channels, and at all times it
hot H. \
maintained so nearly buoyant that
these gradual ascents and descents
made no perceptib1e difference in the
power required to propel it. It was
found that it would mount over any OBJ
stacle over which it could get its bow,
for the boats pressure upon the bot
tom could be regulated to the matter
either of one pound or twice as many
tons as the occasion and currents
might require.
The feature about the boat that made
the greatest appeal to the popular mind
was the diving chamber. 1t was in
there, air-locked off from the rest of
the craft, that the air pressure was
gradually increased until it equaled the
pressure of the water without. Then
Mr.. Lake would unfasten the big iron
door in the floor and let it drop out
ward, while the water would rise near
ly to the flooring and then subside
quietly to level with the manhole rim.
Out below the diver would pass, the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24
Under the Naples.

BY EDGAR WELTON COOLEY.
Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub Coz
A youth and a maiden stood under
the naples. The youth was holding
the maiden's hand, and his eyes and
the moonlight were looking down into
her upturned face. Her chip hat dan
gled from it's strings, and her hair,
yellow as the moonbeams, chung about
her neck in riotous ringlets. Her eyes
were blue and wistful, but her lips
were as silent as the night.
The youths voice was low and
trembled. as though a sob, which he
had tried to swallow, was lodged in
his throat
In babyhood these two had played
together; in childhood they had wan
dered, hand in hand, across the violet
dotted fields and along the clover-car-
peted lanes. Into each others hearts
they had grown, and to each the future
without the other, seemed uninyiting.
But the youth was about to depart
for far country, and they were
standing together under the naples for
the last time, perhaps for years-per-
haps for ever.
Jason was a Sojourner on the bor-
der land between youth and manhood.
ae WAS AuoiIlouS, VISiondTy, perhaps
and the quiet country town seemed
to possess no encouraging possibilities.
Stories of vast wealth wrested from
the rocks of Alaska had proven fas-
cinating to him and he had determined
to seek for riches in the frozen Klon-
dixie.
Il will return to you some day, my
Princess Mildred" he said, 'I will re-
turn to YOU with love in my heart and
gold in my hand and will build for
you a palace of marble in the midst of
q thousand acres"
At this Mildred smiled sadly and
glanced up at a star in the heavens.
..That is the North Star, JASON" she
said. Every night / shall look at it
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shore. 1t is not generally known. but
1t is possible to keep within soundingi
of $50 feet, the maximum diving depth
of the boat, of our coast at distancei
of from fifteen to seventy-ive miles
With an advance guard of pickets like
these, it would be possible to establish
the most effective of blockades will
the minimum of expense and effort TIC
connect with the cable the boat BY
close bearings would locate the spot
lower its two anchors, and slowly
draw itself down to the junction box
The diver would then go out, complete
the circuit, and communication could
at once be held with the shore. By
rising to the surface just SO the ar
mored sighting-hood were clear, the
boat could observe every movement OF
the enemy until well up. directing the
station ashore as to the speed and com
pass bearing of the approaching foe
and then, if discovered, sink comletely
out of sight in three seconds. Should
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practicability of this, although it is not
free for publication. 1t is only neces-
sary for any one who has been out to
sea at all to recall the difficulty of
picking up that is, catching sight
of, a good big can buoy. the position
of which is known, to conceive of
the task of sighting the armored
hood of one of Mr.. Lakes boats
even without its Disgusting feature. 1t
would be a hard job to catch a fair
glimpse of the boat with all it's deck
house out of water; and that is the
condition in which it would be able to
do a large share of advance scout work.
For scout work it is intended to have
stations well off the coast to which the
boats could repair, and by making con-
nection with Geographic cables sunk
there communicate at once to the
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bottom, if the water were clear, plainly
in sight, while big-eyed, inquisitive fish
would look up into the brightly lighted
chamber. It was all so much like Jules
verne's famous story, and yet it was
true.
The boat which Mr.. Lake is now
contracting to build will have all of
the desirable features of his earlier
boat bettered, and with some addi-
t1onal ones of decidedly unique or
der For obvious reasons Mr. aka
wont let the public know the details
OF most of these. but he gives them
thus, for the first time, gen.
eral knowledge of the craft which
promises to revolutionize the history
OF submarines for naval work
Mr.. Lake has conceived a scheme by
which his boats. when in a semi-sub-
merged condition similar to that
Shown in the left hand corner of the
sketch. are rendered Invisible Mr.
Lake gives assurance of the absolute
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-24
THEY COURT CAUTIOUSLY.
Lapland Girls Must Have Parental
Consent to Marriage.

Lapland Girls Must Have Parental
Consent to Marriage.
Getting married among the peoples
of the northern nations is by no means
the off-hand, hit-or-miss affair which
it is with too many people in this
blessed country of the free. In Nor
way before a woman can marry it is
necessary, under law recently passed,
that she hold a certificate of house
wife ability. She must pass an exam
ination in cooking, knitting, spinning,
ETC., and get her certificate of prof.
cheney in these branches before she can
get her marriage certificate. Also both
bride and bridegroom must show evil
dence that they have been vaccinated
properly. In Lapland it is an offense
punishable with death to marry a girl
without her parents consent. No
elopements in that country! When q
pair of lovers apparently have reached
that stage of courtship which calls for
the official cognizance of pa" and
ina" the friends of the lovers are in
vited to meet at specified place to
see the enamored ones run a race. To
the girl is allowed in starting the adj
vantage of one-third of the distance,
so that it is impossible for the young
man to overtake her unless she is will
ing. If the girl outruns her sutton the
affair is ended and she thenceforward
is 'tonIy a sister" to him. 1t is a
penal offense for the lover to renew his
offer of marriage. But if the girl is in
the condition of mind of the immortal
Barkis, she pretends to meet with some
accident-stubs her toe or gets out of
hreath-and comes to a halt before
the course is finished, to be caught by
the Lapland swain and live happily
ever afterward.
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ST Will Return to You. Mildred
with fearful heart as it hangs sus-
pended, like loves undying taper, over
the ice-bound northland, whence my
love has gone All other stars change,
Jason, but the Polar Star is constant
las constant as my heart
She pinned a violet on his coat and
he kissed her wistful eyes.
Then he said Goodbye" and she
stood quite still and watched his re-
treating figure as it passed down the
road and out of her sight Thus Jason
started on his search for wealth; thus
Mildred began her weary waiting.
The brown cottage faced the coun-
try road in the edge of the village. 1t
stood in little cluster of trees. and
from the south only the gable and one
chimney could be seen through the
heavy foliage. On the north a climb
ing rose bush chung to the pillars of
the porch. and the blossoms peeked be-
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fects Of the storm and was about -
continue on his journey when his eye
was attracted by a brilliant glitter in
the tiny. stream Falling upon his
knees, he peered into the crystal wa
ter. Directly below him hollow had
been worn in the rock by the current
The bottom of this pocket was lined
with gold dust
Jason gazed in stupid wonder for
several moments, then a mist dazed
his eyes and wild exhilaration pos
sessed him. Clambering down the
rocks he greedily scraped the gold
dust into his handkerchief. and then
cautiously withdrew
A week later he was at work with
pick and shovel and pan, searching for
the lode from which these particles
had been washed. And one evening
the light of the setting sun fell upon
him, picking great nuggets out of a
ledge his pick had penetrated. and
laughing Historically.
And that Is how Jason located the
famous Princess Mildren Mine
A man and a woman stood under the
naples. The man was holding both of
the woman's hands, and his eyes and
the moonlight were looking down into
her upturned face.
you have been SO long returning,
JASON" she said. "And did you find
no gold?''
The man tangled his hand in her
hair and held it out in the moonlight.
YES" he answered her, ''at last I
have found the brightest gold on
earth. See. it is dripping through my
fingers. You shall have marble pal
ace in the midst of a thousand acres.
my Princess Mildred, and it shall face
to the north where the Polar Star
hangs forever in the heavens"
The woman plucked a violet and
pinned it on his coat, and he kissed
her happy eyes.
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hi. Perfect Defense.

! heard a rather good story the other
day about conductor who was once
brought up before General Manager
Mcnamara on a complaint made by a
passenger The passenger was a wom-
an and her complaint was that the
conductor had stared at her. "A
woman complains that you rudely
stared at her while she was riding ON
your car" said the general manager
Says I stared at herr" rejoined the
conductor. ~How did she know /
stared at herr The judge. who loves
q bit of humor. saw the point and told
the man to go back to his car.-Albany
Press.
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BURNING LroHrsAr NIGHT.
Many TImii People Think Artificial
Light Protects Them.

Many TImii People Think Artificial
Light Protects Them.
"a man troubled with insomnia sees
a good many phases of the city's night
life that are unknown to those on
whom the blessings of sleep descend"
said the man with the red mustache-
81 myself have not known what it is
to rest clear through a night for a
good many months, and in my pere-
CARNATIONS and star-gazing 1 have OBJ
served many queer things. One OF
my curious discoveries is that good
ly percentage of New Yorks popula-
ton burn a light at night When 1
first noticed those faint points of
light shining through SO many of the
windows in the block that backs up to
ours / was alarmed for thought that
every house must shelter three or four
invalids, and that made it look as if
an epidemic of some kind had struck
our part of the city. Indeed, SO Sc
riously did / consider the matter that
I made it point to inquire into the
health of the neighborhood, and as a
reward for my pains / was informed
that out of population of several
hundred souls there were not more
than dozen people on the sick list
Upon making a second and more
thorough investigation / was sur
prised to learn that these lights were
kept burning by nervous people, who,
although perhaps not exactly afraid
of the dark, fancied that they could
not sleep well in the middle of it
Even in the hot spells a good many
shadow-fearing people have chung to
the midnight gas jet."-New York
Press
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be wrangling over that question when
the British get their cable laid, and
shall be sending our official messages
over their line while the dispute goes
on. Our cable project was launched
long before the British one. 1t
seemed in a fair way to success at
time when we did not own a foot of
territory on the route. Since then we
have acquired Hawaii and the Philip
pines, and what was before a desira-
BILE convenience has become a neces-
sity. Yet we have allowed Great Bri-
tain to go before US in providing that
necessity, and our governments orders
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By vote of $50 to A the British
House of Commons has adopted a res
olution authorizing the expenditure of
$40, 00O, 900 on the British Pacific cable.
With the amounts pledged by the COL
onies this insures the success of the
enterprise. Meanwhile we are still
discussing the question whether the
American Pacific cable, if we ever get
It. shall belong to the government of
the United States or shall be paid for
by the government and presented to a
corporation. Probably we shall still
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to its own officials will be subject to
her convenience. Fortunately there is
room in the Pacific for two cables.
The construction of the British line
will not in the least diminish the ne
cessity for an American one. Hawaii
will still remain isolated until we link
her to the continent Secretary Gage
is complaining now that he does not
know what to do with the surplus
Congress can relieve him of little of
his embarrassment at its next session
by making an appropriation for gov
eminent Pacific cable.-San Francisco
Examiner.
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it wish to attack, all it need do would
be to cast loose the sealed end of the
cable, raise it's anchors, and have al
the enemy. If the approaching foe be
light craft or torpedo boats, this coast
defense submarine could effectively use
it's two one-pounder guns on them, and
that while presenting only the target
of it's tower. At night, against such
small craft it would be better for it tc
do that than to waste it's torpedoes;
and the boat is so designed that should
this part if it's hull be damaged, it can
be completely cut off from the body OF
the boat, while navigation could be
carried on from below.
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There Is
NO Dealt

There is no DEATH The stars go down
To rise upon some other shore,
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine for evermore.
There is no death. The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer show
To golden grain, or mellow fruit
Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves breathe daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no death, The leaves may fan.
The flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait, through wintry hours.
The coming of the May.
There is no death; an angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread;
He bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them dead
He leaves our hearts all desoIate.
He plucks the fairest. sweetest flowers:
Transplanted into bliss. they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The birdlike voice, whose joyous tones
Made glad the scene and strife,
Sings now its everlasting song
Amid the tree of life
Where'er he sees a smile too bright.
Or soul too pure for faint of vice.
He bears it to that world of light.
To dwell in paradise.
Born into the undying life,
They leave US but to come again:
With joy welcome from the same
Except in sin and pain
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread
For all the boundleSs universe
Is Life; there dead.
w s. McCreary.
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Counsel fer ScbleY.

Judge Wilson and Captain Parker
both ex-officers of the navy, have been
engaged to look after the interests oil
Rear Admiral Schley in the coming
inquiry into the merits of the charges
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Algeria has four zones in which pc
troleum occurs. One of them is 125
miles long.