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New-York tribune., 1901-09-25

1t is stated that the American Tobacco Com
pany, not content with purchasing the Ogdens'
property at Liverpool. is about to start opera
dons in the North OF Ireland. A large -four mill
has been acquired at Belfast and it is said to be
the intention OF the company to turn 1T into to-
bacco factory. There is little wheat grinding at
Belfast nowadays, most OF the -four required
for baking being imported /. n. F.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-25

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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
AN ECCENTRIC MILLIONAIRE.
Jacob s. Rogers, Famous LOGON olive
Builder, Heat Victim.

Jacob S. Rogers, Famous Loco m olive
Builder, Heat Victim.
Jacob S. Rogers, who succumbed to
the intense heat in New York during
the hot weather, was the richest man
in New Jersey and was perhaps the
most eccentric millionaire New York
has known. He was born in 1924, and
in 1856 succeeded to the locomotive
business his father, Thomas Rogers,
had built up in Paterson, N. j., after
having constructed the first locomotive
made in America.
In 1891 Jacob S. Rogers retired, leav-
ing the management of the works to
r. S. Hughes. Hughes died two years
ago, and then Mr.. Rogers astonished
the world and Paterson in particular
by announcing that he would close the
Rogers Locomotive Works when out
standing contracts were filed. Remon-
STRANGE meetings were held, and Mr..
Rogers was asked to reconsider. It was
pointed out to him that he would throw
two thousand men out of employment.
His reply was characteristic.
81 have paid them for their work, ;"
he said, "and am under no obligation
to them. AS for Paterson, l care moth
ing. The works are mine, and l will
close them"
And he did. Then it was proposed to
Mr.. Rogers that he should sell the
works. His requirements were so great,
however, that no offer was made
Next Mr.. Rogers asked the courts to
name a receiver for the Rogers Loco
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

motive Works. This was done, and
the receiver sold them for 100000.
Mr.. Rogers said that he had, at that
time, never sold anything but locomo-
tives and butter-and he told the truth.
He invested in securities and did not
sell them. If the securities were forced
to a fictitious value, Jacob Rogers paid
no attention. He bought much real es
tate, that has increased in value, and
he has never sold.
At Pompton he owned a stock farm
Of many hundred Of acres, where he
raised blooded cattle, thoroughbred
horses and maintained extensive game
preserves. Butter making was his hob
by. He sold the product Of his dairy at
40 cents a pound-never varying. When
the demand for it grew, he was offered
a larger price. His reply was that but
ter such as he made was worth 40 cents
a pound and no more.
He never married, and his only rela-
tives are nephews and nieces. To these
he leaves $25O,0OO. together with two
$1,000 annuities. The balance of his es-
tate, estimated at $S0OO,O0O though it
may far exceed this, he bequeaths as
an endowment to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art of New York The will,
it is believed, will be contested by dis
satisfied heirs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
A Novel Occunation

In the Woman's Home Companion
Boston girl tells of the novel method
by which she and her sister are earning
an education: ''We gather old fruit
baskets in the summer clean and sort
them during the winter months, and
when spring comes have them all ready
for sale. Our customers are the small
fruit growers, most of them living near
us. The majority Of them need com.
paratively small quantities, SO that in
buying new crates they do not get the
benefit OF the reduction made to larger
dealers. As our secondhand baskets
look almost, if not quite, as good as
new, and as we sell them several cents
lower on the hundred than they can get
them elsewhere, we often have great
er demand than we can supply. Last
year we cleared 5000, which divided he.
tween US allows $50 month to each
of u.s.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

husband. The ceremony that gave
Lillian Barnes the name Of ALLEN was
performed in New York church.
Pierre Lorillard was present and it Is
said gave the bride to the husband.
Some servants acted as audience and
witnesses.
When the ceremony ended the bride
coolly nodded adieu to her husband at
the church door. She spoke to him as
one who addresses an ordinary &C.
quaintance. In truth she did not know
him very well. Mrs. Allen entered Mr..
Lorillard's carriage and was driven
away. Allen caught a train for the
West and, it is reported, he has oblig
ingly died.
Mrs. Allen lives at No. II West 31st
street, the home which Lorillard gave
her years ago. Her father lives with
her. Here Mr.. Lorillard, being es-
tranged from his wife, lodged when
ever he was in the metropolis.
Mrs. Allen was abroad eight months
with Lorillard when his health was
failing, and she accompanied him when
he came home to die. She was with him
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel when he
died. Mrs. Lorillard was notified that
her husband was dying and wanted to
see her. The family are divided in
their statement as to whether Mrs. Lor-
lizard went to the hotel It is generally
believed she answered her dying hus-
bands summons, that she met Mrs.
Allen and that painful scene ensued.
While the stock farm is ali that Mrs.
Allen receives by her admirers will, it
is claimed that he had provided for her
very literally during the years they
were together, presenting her with
whole blocks Of stocks and bonds. Her
jewels are among the finest in New
York
Mrs. Allen feels no doubt that the
courts will uphold her rights in the will.
She~has stated that she and Mr.. Loril-
lard were merely good friends and COM
panions, and that they never met until
after Lorillard and his wife were es-
tranged.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

themselves keep track of them, and
confusion is worse COMPOUNDED by the
wrongness, inconsistency and mutual
interference of the bills that go through
the annual grist. Legislatures are COM
monty political rather than statesman
like, and they put into the permanent
form of law schemes for temporary ana
party benefit Sometimes the laws are
not even so wide as that, but are mere
screws for extortion. 1t cannot be tnat
so many measures are needed TO pre-
serve the uprightness Of country that
is naturally as upright as any In the
world, yet it is fact that over 2O,OOO
pages of laws issue every year from the
legislatures of our States. We live IN
a riot of law-making. 1t is blessing
that most Of the measures are dead let
tiers from the day Of their enactment,
yet it is danger that any OF them can
be resurrected from the limbo OF the
forgotten and used to enforce an unjust
demand or express a prejudice. Lack
ing a national check or standard OF
law, the various States and the various
townships Of q State can be widely dl-
yided against one another. One could
multiply, through hundreds Of pages
the absurdities and Inconsistencies for
which zeal in law-making Is RESPONSE
BILE, but it would not check their In
crease That is best prevented by al
lowing the people to approve or nullify
their laws. Initiative and referendum
offer great possibilities, for if laws were
submitted for final adoption to the peo-
pie themselves; or If we could confine
our legislatures to biennial perform
ances of not more than sixty days dura-
ton, there would be a surcease Of law,
and the governing statutes would sitt
down to a few sensible measures. we
elect men to make laws, but men who
would accept office with the under
standing that they were to unmake
hundreds now on the books should be,
and possibly would be, hurried into
office by tumultuous majOrities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
Machine Threads Needles.

A little machine which threads 1000
needles minute is in Minneapolis. It
was seen by L. S. Donaldson, of Mime
apolis, in st. Gall, Switzerland, on a
recent visit, and he had it sent to his
place of business in Minneapolis, mere.
ly as an exhibit The purpose of the
machine is to thread needles that are
placed afterward in an embroidery
loom for making the Swiss or Ham.
burg lace. The device is almost entire.
ly automatic. 1t takes the needle from
a hopper, carries it along and threads.
ties the knot cuts the thread off a uni.
form length, then carries the needle
across an open space and sticks it in a
rack. The work of threading these
needles was formerly done by hand.
and the advance from what may be
done by hand to a thousand a minnie
by machinery is an index of the prog.
ress OF the Swiss republic Chicae.
Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
1.-THE OTHER WOMAN."
To Her Pierre LorilIard Left a Hand
some Share of His Estate.

To Her Pierre LOrillard Left Hand
some Share of His Estate.
1t has become the rule rather than
the exception that the wills of men Of
great wealth are contested by the nat
ural heirs, who are disappointed with
the shares bequeathed them or indig-
nant at the provision made for some
person or persons whom they consider
as having no moral or equitable right
to share In the estate. Unfortunately
in many instances these contests are
accompanied by revelations of discred-
table chapters in the lives Of the tesla
tors, which during their lives have been
sealed books to the general public.
The will of the late Pierre Lorillard,
who died recently leaving an estate of
"a, 100000, is to be contested because OF
handsome bequest to Mrs. Lille AL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

else do the cooking for itself. She rep
resents the Scandinavian element in
the new domestics' union, but she has
no preference for her countrywomen
in the matter of leadership. Irish, En-
glish, German and Scandinavian, all
will have an equal chance of coming
to the front as leaders of the women,
if Miss Lindstrom is to have her way.
She is an unusually intelligent woman,
who knows the rights of her fellow la
borers, and whose flashing eye is an In
dication that she can fight to the last
ditch and inspire others to fight with
her
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

lien, who was not relative, but who
was the friend and companion of Mr..
Lorillard for several years just preced-
ing his demise.
To his widow Mr.. Lorillard be-
queathed an annuity of $4,000. To two
grandsons he left 100000. The bal
ance of the estate, excepting the IA
nous Rancocas stock farm in New Jer-
sey is left in trust to his three children,
they to have the income; the estate to
go to his grandchildren on the death of
their parents The stock farm, valued
| at 100000, is bequeathed to Mrs. AL
lien.
1t is not the mere matter of money
which inclines the Lorillard heirs to
contest the viii. Mrs Lorillard's son
and daughters are determined that
what they consider her rights shall be
upheld They object to any recognition
of the other woman.
Mrs. Allen, Mr.. Lorillard's friend
ship for whom is declared to have been
a scandal at Newport by his daughters
husband, is a beautiful woman, tall,
witha charming figure and great brown
eyes. She is about 33 years of age. In
1891, when she was Lillian Barnes, she
met Mr.. Loril1ard and he was capti-
waited by her beauty. Soon afterwards
she went on long cruise with him, and
from that time forward they were rare
ly separated. She was the ruler of his
yacht and presided at his table when he
entertained. Protests from his family
were of no avail.
Four or five years ago Lillian CON.
vinced Mr.. Lorillard that she should
wed. An Englfshman, Lewis Allen, lit
tie known in New York. became her
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
GENERAL
DANIEL But TERRIFIED!

of
rolls Civil
soldier
the when Colonel
until the final of Lee
taking twenteght battles
severely wounded breyeted When the
the rank the Though he
lost his patriotism and his military spirit When the
he
calling the members of the Grand Army post which he belonged the
West Point he instinct and training
gallant soldiers
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

Tradition asserts that the Queen Of
Eheba gave Solomon an intricately
pierced stone to thread. He solved the
problem by forcing a worm, dragging
a thread, to crawl through the winding
passage. The modern version Is on a
magnified scale. To test the right of
Chicago to call itself seaport, the
steamer Northman, loaded with West
ern grain, timber and machinery, has
made the voyage from Chicago to Ham
burg by way of the great lakes and the
Welland Canal. The white thread of
her wake can hardly fail to weave a
new and important pattern into the
maritime commerce of nations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

A patriotic NewYorker, a member of
the Sons Of the Revolution, is preparing
to give to each of the public-school
buildings Of New York City copy, Of
colossal size, Of the famous Houdon
bust of Washington. The model made
by Wilson Macdonald, one Of the old
est sculptors in America, has already
been accepted. The public-spirited donor
believes that love Of country should be
taught in the schools, and that there is
no better way Of teaching 1t than by
keeping the memory of the greatest pa
triots fresh in the minds Of the pupils.
Naturally the Father Of his Country
comes first
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

In some of our Sunday papers, spe-
cialists have been discussing how much
of a mans anatomy may be pruned
without destroying his usefulness. DR..
George E. Marks, who is a specialist
In an unpleasant sounding thing called
prothesis, thinks that after a mans
extremities are Topped off, be really
ought to live longer, because 1.-The la
bors of the heart are lessened to force
the blood to the furthermost avenues
the nervous system is less harassed and
the respiratory organs are not so easily
overcome in the stress Of life" DR..
Metchnikoff,. 1.-The distinguished bac-
teriologist," has ventured the opinion
that "a greater part of the intestinal
canal is useless for man, because all
the essential functions of digestion and
nutrition can satisfactorily be carried
on after cutting away the alleged super
fluffy" The general public is getting
to be of Mr.. Dooley's opinion, that if
the doctors opened more windows and
fewer patients, the general health
would be better and the death rate con-
siderably lower.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

In scarcely anything do we nee'
dom more than in the matter OLE
encing the nature of our childreAs
tivity. Indeed, with children VA'
able and clever, advice and inD7
must be indirect rather than peNl
Put opportunities in their way anu
leave them to themselves. In ora
test their talent and develop theD
er of persistency it is well to ln'I
slight obstacles in their path Oll
a While. Tenacity of purpose IS "
rock of success in any career %I
want to find out if our child "
If he returns again and agalD
thing from which he has DeT
tracted, and patiently conquer
culties, we may be sure that he ~ I
of the right stuff. 1t augurs VIZ
the destiny of a child if he dI"
tears after a mishap and sets "
to repair the disaster. When le .,
up and fronts the greater faH"'
life he will not be one of tIO%
Is continually calling out upon LIZ
luck" instead of attempting to lD''
Woman's Home Companion
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
Nearly Surrounded.

At Luton school the other day a
teacher, having asked most of his pupils
the difference between an island and a
peninsula without receiving a satisfac-
tory answer, came to the last boy
Il can explain it, SIR said the bright
youth. First, get two glasses; fill one
with water and the other with milk.
Then catch a fly and place it in the
glass Of water. That fly is an island,
because it is entirely surrounded by
water But now place the fly in the
glass of milk and it will be peninsula,
because it Is nearly surrounded by wa.
ter"
The boy went up to the top of the
class.-London Spare Moments.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

Mr.. Carnegie intimates that he has
come to the conclusion that the art Of
making money is gift. AS Mr.. Car
negie is an expert along this line there
are a great many people who will be
quite ready to combine their own ex-
perience with his declaration and cheer
fully acquiesce in it. At the same time
this is a theory that may be carried
altogether too far Broadly considered
the gift of making money Is the gift of
application, of industry, Of courage, Of
the art of plucking down opportunity
at the eyentful moment that it ripens.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

Inc LONDON spectator IuElS lIOm
questions of war, taxation and Ameri-
can progress to discuss the prevalence
Of mild untruthfulness. 1t not only
believes that everybody departs from
the truth more or less, but it defends
the departure. The editor solemnly af-
firms that conventional or society lying,
when practiced with strict mOdera
ton, is in no way detrimental to the
moral health. Moderate story telling,
like moderate drinking, is a vague term
and suggests the danger Of final i'm
moderate indulgence, but the Spectator
makes an argument in behalf Of the
former that is not all sophistry, al
though 1t may be censured by moralfsts
who do not always practice what they
preach. The woman who sends her
maid to the door to say she is mot at
home," or who begs her guest not to
hurry when she means DO CO." is only
practicing one part of an extensive code
that prevails throughout polite society.
What should we do with the inquisitive
people in the world If every question
they ask had to be answered with abso-
lutte truthfulness. II refuse to answer
is seldom a pleasing rejoinder, and Is
not always effective. The white lie"
is often the only weapon that will serve
to defend ones self and at the same
time not destroy friendship. SO long
as curious people will ask questions
which it is inexpedient to answer and
give invitations it is tnconvenient to
accept, it is to be feared there is little
hope of a reign Of absolute truthful
ness. Perhaps the most that can be
asked is that there be no deviation
from truth which can in any way injure
others, or which can be avoided without
wounding the feelings of others. A man
hardly would dare to invite friend to
dinner If the friend could not indulge in
a polite lie and say he was sorry, but
he had another engagement and could
not come. If he told the truth he might,
according to the Spectator, have to say:
Il do not like you and your friends bore
me-" or, II could come quite easily, but
1 do not care to associate with the sec
ond-class people among whom you live.
1.-The question Is: What would be
gained by the truth in such cases? So
ciety would have to be made over on
an entirely new system if it had to be
run without the oil Of polite prevarica-
tion-fibbing which may not deceive
but which does not offend-and it is
doubtful whether It would be as pro-
ductive of good as it is now. Certainly
the world would be a more uncomfort-
able place to live in, as uncomfortable
as Gilbert's palace of Truth" These
white lies are manufactured largely out
of the milk of human kindness. They
are prompted by desire not to injure
other peoples feelings. AS the Specta-
tor says, we have all entered into a
tacit agreement that under certain cir
cumstances we will deceive each other
for the common comfort. Society seems
to have adopted the philosophy that
there are times when peace and good
will are worth more than the absolute
truth, when that truth will be provo
cative of Ill will.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

A Louisville woman is suing a tele-
graph company because one Of its mes
sengers, travelling at a great rate Of
speed" ran against her in the street.
The boy had probably been let off to
20 to ball game or something.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

A New York newspaper remarks that
ferries come and ferries go, bridges
rise and bridges fall, but tunnels last
forever" There is a scientific truth in
the observation. Of all works Of man
earthworks-plain earth-mounds sod
ded over-are about the most enduring.
A properly constructed tunnel Is essen
TALLY a work in earth, and so almost
as permanent as the great globe itself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

the street or at her place in chHI.
one would suppose that she WaSaI
an Of sinew. But her biceps ares
veloped that she is capable Of sVIa
the heaviest hammer in the shop
ease. She was born in Calais ID
and has been married twelve.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03
TO CORRESPONDENCE

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psnisd By the name of the suthor not necessarily fol
subcaton but evidence Of good faith on the part
Of the writer Write only side Of the paper Be
particularly careful giving and dates to have
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wants Labor Union
Of Chicago. She
promises to rival in
Importance all the
high dignitaries of
the mems labor I'm.
ions. Miss Lind
strom, by a word,
will be able to
make Chicago-or a
big part of lido
without meals or
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-03

/ NOR rAShE' smiths Gr x !
fore he was 8 he had read \, So,
, of Shakespeare and a good d0a 5,
ton, Bunyan and Pope. He bpg,
at 8. By II he had read Gibb,S "a
ertson and Prescott, and most Il, Il
sart, and at the same age vraa n
memory a chronological tan, clo
1000 B. c. to 1920 A. D., filling Ire
blank book Of sixty pages, |, ~
had read all the great Latin
and at the same age had gone Knal
Euclid, plane and spherical M SPY
etry, surveying and navigation
alytic geometry, and was well
the differential calculus. At 5h
read Plato and HerOdotus at ii,
was beginning German. VIII
next year he was keeping his 4l
Spanish and was reading Fren5 kns
ian and Portuguese. He began ii
at II and took up Sanskrit TN Yot
year. Meanwhile he was delvE,
ence, getting his knowledge from Il
and not from his laboratory or n All
He averaged twelve hours stud me
twelve months in the year, beke
was 16, and afterward nearly Ad
hours daily, working with pend g
energy; yet he maintained the NJ z
bust health and entered with "a y
asm into out Of door life.
In 1865 he graduated from the
ward Law School. He had alrea,S
gun to write for magazines id
views, and soon depended On bis
support himself and the wife b
married while in the law schOd
studies of philosophy led to his gil
course of lectures on Positive Pimu
ply at Harvard in 1869, and the Nh
ing year he was an Instructor in M
there. From 1872 to 1879 he was as
ant librarian Of the college Sine IS
he had been a member of the Boa
Oyerseers Of the university. Since 81
he had filled a nonresident pptj "a
ship Of American history in Wash III
ton University, st. Louis.
It was as a public lecturer MNsu
cal themes that Prof. Fiske beg
most widely known, both in this 81
try and in Great Britain. In bot xs
tory and philosophy he CONT u
many works Of permanent
value.
Prof. Fiske disregarded the n
rules Of health. He always sat Il
draught when he could find ON Y
worked in q temperature Of from =
60 degrees. He worked the greah
ton of the twenty-four hours and
and day were alike to him. I'D
whenever he was hungry, disrega
meal hours. He rarely drank wine !,
smoked necessarily.