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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
SWEDISH AIR TORPEDO.
Motion of ProjectiIe Caused by Ieni-
ton of Gas.


An air torpedo of a construction
heretofore unknown has been pat
ented by Swedish major, Mr.. Unge.
and the inventor has just received a
government subsidy for making ex-
periments with the new torpedo.
The motion of this peculiar pro-
jectile through the air, according to
the patent specifications, is caused ex.
clusively by force which is de-
veloped in the torpedo little by little
from ignition of a gas generated from
slowly burning material. The pres
sure of the gas gradually becoming
stronger, propels the torpedo through
an arrangement by which the gas can
escape at the bottom.
Once in motion, the torpedo there
fore increases its speed in the same
degree as the gas pressure is in
creased. The charge may consist OF
any explosive, provided the same is
ignited only by shocks or blows. The
initial velocity need be but slight, as
the torpedo is impelled by it's own
force. Therefore the discharge from
the torpedo gun, constructed for the
purpose, occasions no report nor
recoil and but little pressure, and
consequently is not in the least dan
gerous to those handling the gun. At
| the trials made SO far the torpedoes
traversed distance of 10000 feet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
Varieties of Professorships.

Second Cousin Philenda's youngest
daughter, Mary Ella, is married"
Farmer Hornbeak announced upon his
return from the village. Niece
Theodosia stopped me as | was driyin'
along an told me to let you know that
she'd just got letter from Okonk,
where Philendas folks live, sayin'
that Mary Ella was married week be-
fore last to Professor -er-Some-
body-I don't exactly recall what the
name was" "A professor" returned
Mrs. Hornbeak, is a pleased tone. Il
guess, then, that she's made a good
match of it an got man Of education
an social standin' if so be that he's
professor. I'm real glad tbs SO, too"
''Wh-al don't know" said the old
man shrewdly. THAT depends a good
deal, 'cordin to my way of thinkin',
on what variety of the species he be-
longs to, so to say. Theodosia didn't
tell me, ali | forgot TO ask whether
he is a dancin' master, a corn doctor,
a piano tuner, prize fighter, boss
physician, a layer-on-of-hands, a
balloonatis, a seventh son of O. seventh
son, sword swallower, a phrenolo-
gist, bicycle rider, magician or
an elastic-skin man. ''-Leslie's Week
ly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
To Clean Polished Wood.

To clean French-polished furniture
1t is not necessary to use polishing
mixture. 1t can be easily done and
the furniture made to look new if
these instructions are carefully OBJ
served:
Take some tepid water and dis
solve n it a little soap. When this
is Cone wash the furniture, using a
flannel cloth Then brush carved
work with soft brush and wash off
all the soapy water with a soft cloth.
When dry the furniture can be
polished with a piece of chamoiS
without effort.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
GRIP AND PNEUMONIA.
Something About the Germs That Are
Mans Winter Foes

Grip comes in mild, damp weather
in the winter season, and pneumonia
thrives when colder weather comes,
with abrupt changes of temperature.
Both are germ diseases. Grip has
been prevalent every winter since
1889, when it made it's first appear
ance. The epidemic probably starts
each year from chronic cases of the
disease Grip bacill1 get into the air
with the breath of a patient and infect
persons who inhale them. One germ
soon produces a colony IF grip is
neglected or fought against it is dan
gerous, especially to those who suffer
from Bright's disease, weak hearts or
enfeebled nervous systems.
When grip became known as con-
tagious disease in 1889 psychologists
at once began to search for the
bacillus that caused it, but did not find
it until 1892. 1t is much smaller than
any other disease germ. and is very
delicate, only living two and half
weeks at most. When highly mag
nified it looks like a small hyphen. A
peculiar fact is that colonies of it
cannot be raised in an incubator by
means of Japanese isinglass, bouil-
Ion and blood serum, as in the case of
other bacilli. 1t must be fed on red
blood corpuscels. In a New York
laboratory cultures of grip germs are
made in this way: Thin layers OF
jelly are put in small glass dishes, and
on the jelly little blood is spread
The patients throat is swabbed with
stirilized cotton, and this cotton is
drawn several times over the jelly
Four or five dishes are treated in this
way, and after they have been kept in
the incubator for the proper time
colonies of germs are found in the
jelly. The more dishes with germs In
them, the more bacilli there were ia
the patients throat.
The most common pneumonia
bacilli are round and are usually
found in pairs. Occasionally grip
bacilli are found with pneumonia
germs. Pneumonia sometimes fol.
lows grip, but is not caused by it.
Little Chronicle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
BeaconsfieId's Witty Suggestion.

A London correspondent writes:
Lord Salisbury, who but the other
day lost his half-brother, Lord Lionel
Cecil, has now lost his brother in-law,
the Earl of Galloway, a peer who in
spite of the quantity of royal Scotch
blood in his veins was so famous for
his imbecility that at the time when
the government considered it neces-
sary to confer upon him, by reason of
his political influence as a great ter
ritorial magnate, the ancient Scotch
order known as the Thistle, Lord
Beaconsfeld expressed the apprehen-
sion lest he should eat it. The earl
was most peculiar looking man and
among other oddities invariably Wore
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
WESTERN NORTH AMERICA.

A Region in Which Vast Wealth Lies.
1t is beyond the limit of any merely
human descriptive powers to do JUS
tice to the timber wealth of the Pac1-
fic coast. 1t has been calculated with
reference to British Columbia alone
that at the present rate of consump-
ton it would take 700 years to ex-
haust the more available supplies OF
timber; and as, under the huSbandry
of nature, forests will renew them
selves in less time than 700 years, the
calculation is merely a way of indicat
Pacific coast are practically mex
haustible. It is not too much to say,
then, that for all trade and commerce
into which wood and the products OF
wood enter, and for all manufactures
in which wood and the products Of
wood are consumed. the Pacific coast
possesses resources intellectually
greater than any other portion Of the
globe, civilized or uncivilized.
AS regards the products of the mine,
the territory under consideration al
ready produces no inconsiderable pro
portion Of the worlds annual supply
of gold, silver. copper, and lead. It is
besides infinitely rich in iron, coal,
and petroleum. of which it's stores are
hardly yet comprehended, much less
utilized. And what is known OF all It's
mineral resources is as nothing in
comparison with what is not known
David B. Boyle in Engineering Maya
zine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
"Gas Eyes" in Fish.

"Gas eyes" is the newest thing in
diseases of fish. It invariably attacks
deep-sea fish which have been put in
an aquarium. For some years it has
been noticed by keepers of aquaria
that deep-sea fish become covered
with air blisters. Usually it appears
first on the fms, gradually spreading
over the body, at last attacking the
eyes. A small blister filled with gas
would appear on the eyeball and swell
to such an extent that it would force
the eye from it's socket. Experts who
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15

have investigated this strange phe
nomenon have decided that it is
caused entirely by the removal OF
water pressure. One starfish will eat
more than fifty clans in a week. The
fish commission experts believe that
the growing scarcity of clans is due
to the fact that menhaden are caught
in such large quantities for OIL
factories. The menhaden feed almost
entirely on starfish, the deadliest
enemy Of the clam.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15

was mainly written upon the merest
conception of my own, suggested to
me by short paragraph. | have al
ready told you that. The manner in
which my murderer, John Saxon, was
brought to justice for his crime was
pure fiction work Now are you sat-
isfied?'
moi" he replied, throwing him
self back in his chair. What you say
may be true; I don't know In any
case, your story has put me under the
suspicion Of the police and the people
of Rochdale. | am marked man,
don't doubt Probably the police are
hunting me down now-now! But they
won't find the Shirt"
Probably you overrate the interest
the police and people of Rochdale take
in my novels and the death of your
partner" l said. with an effort at
calmness not too easy to assume.
Possibly / dol" he replied in a
hoarse voice, with furtive glance at
the door. But there is you to reckon
with now!"
"Me?"
Eyes, you" Do you think If knew
| was as safe from suspicion as |
was before yotir book was written
could leave you after what I've said
to you tonight?"
What do you propose to do, then?
Give yourself over to the police, eh?''
| asked ironically, for was weary of
the nervous strain.
will seal your lips!'
To my uttermost surprise, he made
a sudden dash around the table at me,
but in the moment of his heightened
passion he forgot his revolver.
thrust out my arm and snatched it
from the table as quickly lodged my
assailant, and stepping back, | held
the barrel in his face
Stand back. John Saxon, or fret"
I cried
He staggered back and leaned
against the wall
''Give me the key, John Saxon"
said sUernly
With his wild eyes fixed upon the
revolver, he took the key from his
pocket and threw it upon the table.
took it up and drew toward the door.
AS if he realized that the door only to
let him pass out to the galIows, he
made desperate, sudden spring at
me as, with my left hand. slipped the
key into the lock.
Stand back" I cried, and pushed
the revolver into the hollow of his
ashy cheek.
Stop" he calculated hoarsely, as
with an impetuous gesture he pushed
his lank hair off his moistened brow
with beth hands. what are you go.
ing to do, old man: A price, price.
price! A price-my life. III buy my
life! A price"
He crept toward me, shaking his
trembling arms above his head Sud-
denly he stopped, and his eyes start
ed from their sockets. He threw hts
chin forward as if trying to swallow
some lump rising in his throat Then,
as sprang to him, he twisted on his
heel and fell in a heap upon the floor.
A price, Nemesis had refused his
price for life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
BY Your Manners You Are Judged.

BY Your Manners You Are Judged.
1t is vulgar to make remarks about
the food at dinner.
To talk about things which only
interest yourself.
To contradict your friends when
they are speaking.
To grumble about your home and
relations to outsiders.
To say clever things which may
hurt some ones feelings.
To dress shabbily in the morning be-
cause no one will see you.
To be rude to those who serve you.
either in shops or at home.
To think first of your own pleasure
when you are giving a party.
To refuse ungraciously when some
one wishes to do you favor.
To behave in an omnibus or train aS
if no one else had right to be there.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
TO USE SMALL BANANAS.
Comprehensive Scheme of an In
genious New Highlander.

Comprehensive Scheme of an In
genious New Highlander.
Il met a shrewd New England
yankee in Honduras the other day.
said a New Orleans shipper who had
just returned from a trip to Central
America, ''and he unfolded scheme
that would have made the late Colonel
Sellers turn pea green with envy
My idea,' he said, is to use the waste
product of these great banana planata-
tions. Every season. he went on,
thousands upon thousands Of tons Of
fruit is allowed to rot on the ground
because it is slightly below the stand
ard size. 1t doesn't pay to send it to
market, and the planters would be
glad to give it to anybody who would
take it away. propose to coin every
pound of that wasted fruit into
money. That's a corking good idea,
said ! how do you propose to do it?'
BY three processes, he replied, all
of which | have invented. The first
is a method to which the skin Of the
banana is reduced to pulp for the
manufacture of all that class of goods
known commercially as fiberware,
| shall use it, however, entirely in the
making of small kegs, quarter-barr
and f1rkins.'
But why that restriction
asked.
Il will make it clear in moment
he replied. My second process
brings us to the fruit proper. After
| it is stripped of it's skin it is given a
certain treatment including high
pressure under steam rolls, which re-
moves all the saccharine matter in the
/ shape Of delicious strip, which am
1 satisfied is destined to become one OF
| the favorite CONNECTIONS Of the day,
| especially among children. Well iced.
| it will take the place of soda water,
and, slightly warmed or mulled, it will
be a great drink for the winter. will
draw this product off into my banana
skin kegs and quarter-barrels and am
ready Immediately for the market
Il was greatly impressed. How
about the third process?' I inquired.
That relates to the meat of the
banana said he, after the moisture
and saccharine matter is completely
extracted. The residue is beautiful
white, thoroughly desiccated mass,
which may be readily reduced to a
fine flour, capable of indefinite
preservation at any temperature. 1t
tastes something like oatmeal and
makes delicious bread or cakes.
This flour will pack in my fifty pound
! fiber frkins, and thus entirely dis
pose of my raw material There will
be no by-product. Everything will be
used up as completely as pig in a
Chicago pork packery
Il asked the inventor whether he
had made any practical test, and he
admitted frankly that his experiments
thus far had not been wholly success
full. He said the fiberware had some
how dissolved when it got wet; the
strip had fermented, and the -four had
turned moldy; but he was sanguine OF
overcoming these minor difficulties.
wished him luck. 1t was certainly the
most comprehensive scheme | ever
heard of for grabbing fortune by the
| forelock, and the fetlock at one and
the same time. New Orleans Times
Democrat
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15

Chicago business men say that the
country high schools provide them
with a more promising class Of clerks
than those graduated from the city
schools. They are smarter c1d more
generally available than the town
boys.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15
An inevitable lnfirmity.

She-Your friend seems to have a
poor memory.
He-Well, no wonder. He was In
an information bureau over ten years.
Smart Set.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-08-10


The surgeon caught the youth by
the hand. There was something in
this noble spirit that moved him,
and be knew now that all must have
been forgiven between the two men.
'1'll try" he said. 81 have anti
dotes with me. BY heavens, all is
not lost yetw
"Then hasten," urged Ruric, half
crazed beneath the weight of the
great discovery which he had thus
helped to make.
'Be not uneasy. | will see that
he suffers not for want of human
skill" And as the surgeon thus
spoke he moved to the sideboard and
mixed an antidote. But he did not
give it until the invalid had vomited
all he could
''Holdw cried Ruric as the sur
geon took up the wine to mix the
antidote with. "Touch not a thing
here. Perhaps the villain has poi
soned them all"
$50 it may be-" Kopani said, set
ting down the bottle. He then turn
ed to the woman, who had remained
standing by the fire like one in a
trance, and asked her to bring a
fresh bottle of wine She quickly
obeyed, and when she was gone ko-
PAM took all the articles upon the
table and set them on one side. He
would not throw them away, for he
meant TO analyze them.
When the woman returned, Ko-
PAM mixed the new potion and al.
ministcred it, and ere long after
yard the count fell asleep.
"Ruric Newell" said the surgeon
as soon as he was sure the invalid
would sleep, will YOU remain here
awhile? | wish to 20 and analyze
some Of these things. | have only
to go TO the academy. / viii be
back in an hour at the furthest."
The gunmaker gladly consented
to this, and, having gathered up the
walls and the wine bottle and con
cealed them beneath his pelisse, the
surgeon left.
Ruric Newell was happier now, for
hope was with him while he prayed
that God might spare the unfortu-
nate count.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-08-10
CHAPTER II.

Half an hour had the gunmaker
sat by the side Of the sick mans bed
when hc was aroused from the reyer-
lie into which he had fallen by the
gentle opening of the door He turn
cd and beheld human form emerg-
ing from the narrow, dark entry
way As it came into the room the
watcher started, for he beheld the
humpbacked priest, Sayotano.
"Who is here? Z" the arch fiend
whispered, shading his eyes and try
ing to peer into the gloom.
Ssh" uttered Ruric. "The count
is alseep."
BY this time our hero had so far
overcome the first emotion caused
by the villains entrance that he
could be calm
tAnd who is this Z" the priest
whispered, moving nearer to the
bed. "Ilal The gunmakerl"
Yes" replied the youth, watch
ing every look and movement Of the
fellow most closely.
on are in strange place, /
should say Sayotano whispered,
not looking the young man directly
in the face, but casting upon him a
sidelong glance, as though he dared
not look direct.
"Speak not too loud, sir priest"
said our hero, determined to enter
into no conversation with the man
if he could avoid it. do not awak-
en- the count, for he is very faint
and weak"
And then Ruric had another rea-
son. He feared if Damonoff should
awake that the strange discovery
they had made might be revealed,
and, of course, he wished not that
the villain should yet know how well
he was understood.
"But why are you here !" pursued
Savotano, who seemed determined
to know 81 am this poor mans
spiritual comforter, and ! surely
have a right to know wherefore is
the presence Of one bearing the pc
culiar relations toward him which
are sustained BY you"
Ruric's first impulse was one Of
disgust and wrath, but he managed
to keep it to himself.
"Sir priest" he returned, moving
his chair noisclessly nearer to the
visitor, so that his whisper might
not disturb the sleeper, 81 heard
that the count was dying, and /
would not have him die without first
forgiying me for all that had
done"
"And has he done it 2"
"Ile has"
"And why do you remain here?
Where is his attendant"
"She is out somewhere. The
count has had a strange fit--a star
ting spasm--and | feared IL no
had another the woman could not
manage him alone"
"Ahw uttered Savotano. "A
spasm?"
Eyes, a most strange one, as
though something were at his heart,
as though his brain were on fire and
his whole system shaking"
The priest turned his head away,
but Ruric saw plainly the exultant
look which rested there. There was
no installing any more, That one
look-for Ruric saw twas proof
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-19
BIDS AND PROPOSALS.

SEALED PROPOSALS. addressed 10 the
commissioners court OF Harris county,
celved UP 10 y o'clock noon on Thurs.
day, August ~. A. H., 1901, for furnish.
Ing the necessary material and construct
Ing twenty-five miles approximately Of
paved roads as follows, Zen miles pn the
Washington road. commencing % the end
Of the present pavement and extending
for ten miles nOrthwardly along said
road; Five. miles on the Houston and
Crosby road commencing at the Iron
bridge over Greens bayou and extending
eastwardly along said road for I'VE miles.
on the San Felipe road commencing NJ
the city limits aud extending along said
road for. two miles, ON the Telephone
road commencing at the city limits and
extending 10 the bridge over Brays bayou
distance OF two and one fourth miles, ap-
proNimately. and Oh the Atascoceta roaa
beginning whore The pavement now ends
and extending for i've miles. BIDS arc
wanted for the construction OF said roads
IN macadam, gravel, combination OF gravel
and shell and rock and she'll Ia eomhina
ton, TO include the necessary grading
cmhankment and dltching. all Ia accord
ance With the plans and specifications now
on file in the Office Of the county sur
yeyor Of Harris county. Texas. All bids
n Ust be accompanied by ccrtlncd cheek
upon some local hank In n sum equnl TO
hYe i1l per cent OF the ans unit ~ bid,
payable 70 the county Judge. to ne for
feitcd as Hquidatcd damages by the
successful bidder who falls 10 enter fnto
contract and bond az required. The sue
ccssful bidder Will he required 10 enter
Into a bond In a sum equal to one fourth
az OF the contract price conditioned upon
the faithful performance OF the contract,
The right Is reserved to reject any and
ali bIds. Specifications viii be fufhishei
to all intending bidders who request the
same from the cOunty surveyor. William
Bradhurn, Esq +. IL Nabner.
County Judge Harris Co, Texas. SD
NOTICE 10 CONTRACTORS Sealed pro.
posals will be received by the president
and members of the police Jury mp 10
~ o'clock noon, september s. 1901, at
az Lake Charles Calcasleu parish. La.
for the remodeiing and additions TO the
parish court house Plans and spechca.
office ~ the above clerk and at the ofhce
OF r. d Steele, Houston, Texas, and at
the Dallas and Shreveport Offices q the
janice Rely Gordon CO., Arshiseets;;
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THE Board of Pharmacy will meet Au-
gust the Both. 1901. at 502 Main street,
to examine applicants for registration
A. h. Kiesllng Reg. $50
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LosT. ROUND. STOLEN.

LosT-A pearl fraternity pin With T ii y.
on back. Finder return the same TO
room 10, Gibbs building ana ger re.
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almost solid light red color. short, nice
curved horns chas. Kuester, corner Gar
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lost -Onc rubher tire; return 70 Wilson !
livery stable. -
SIRAYED-One brownlsh black Jersey
COW; has no brand OF mark: both norns
clipped OF. Return to 2lkl Crawford
sna receive reward. 20
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