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The river press., 1903-10-21

1t Wiuout vast BROTHER GARDNER.
in any time, an when he got frcw wild
one he looked fur mo-. Dat was the
bcGinnin'. Natur' had made de black
man, an nature had made de water
mlllyon. an since dat time dey hcv bin
one an insrparable. De white man has
tried to sneak in now an den an set
up i claim. but he has ulll1s failed.
"De fust thing dat chcry Guild child
should farm am to treat de watcrmil-
yon wild respect 1t represents Ham
an his trii,". 1t represents millyous
III nillyons who ann dead. an milvous
an nillyons who am still libin. If dc
watcrmillyon hadn't cum to soothc an
Solacc, to in~itc an upbuild, dc culld
man Of today might hcv had horns on
his head an chcWcd Il clld
''Dur am Guild men in dis land today
who ortcr he sent to prison fur dc way
lry treat de emblem of our race. Dcy
walk up to it as il it was Il bag of sand
an had no feclin'S, an dcy bust it Omen
an eat away like cows in somebody's
garden.
'My friends, cum wild ne in mayi-
naSl!un. 1t am Il summers night. Oar
amt no moon. an de stars ail't Shinin'
too brightly. nar's Il gentle breeze, an
de WhppoorWlls am trilin' dcir SONGS
from de bushes along de river. De
chi!Irn am in bed. an de Old woman
am no'din' in her cheer \ cull'l man
III dc prime of life shuts up de fam
lly Bible he has bin rr;ltlin' an puts
Oh his i"t an tirtucs to uc donh an
valli,ies into de night Half a mile
nWay is Il truck patch, wild watcrmill-
yonS Wnitin fur him to cum am bar
EN- away.
''TWenty minits nrtcr dat culru man
has passed outdoahs dark li1ycr may
be seen loohin between dc rails Of de
fence surrculldin' dat truck patch. All
Is still. l'Ht dark i~ycr raises llp an
softly climbs Il" fence an urlps in
side. Dar may be schrn Bar traps
sittin' around Nur, but instinct helps
him to avoid 'rm. Oar may be Il bull
dog WAitin' 'lllOily dc vines. but he will
kctch no SGii:lh
"Icn ninits artrr dat cuIl'I man was
obcr dc fcHtr he Was back nrin, an
The river press., 1903-10-21
NOTED ENGLISH JURlST.
Lord Alverstone, Head of Alaskan
Boundary Commission.

Lord Alverstone. who was elected
president of the Alaskan boundary
commission now sitting in London, is
lord chief justice Of England and the
most learned exponent of the law in
the United Kingdom. Lord Alverstone
was born plain Richard Webster in
1912. He was educated at Trinity COL
lege and admitted to the bar in 1865
He is said to be one Of the few men,
bers of the English bar to whom sue
cess came ins,antaneously. Although
never an orator or even a fine pleader
he soon acquired a reputation for win
ming cases.
In 1885 Lord Salisbury appointed
him attorney general. and eight years
later he was knighted In May. 1900
The river press., 1903-10-21
AN AMERICAN COUNTESS.

Miss Anni;. Leary, Who Holds That
Tile Under the H3iy see.
Mis-, -,.!!:l.2 !.c;}ry. famous for her
benefactiOns in the cause Of religion
and charity and one of the notable fig
ures in New York's -Four Hundred, is
title under the hcly see. having been
created a countess by the late Pope
Leo MIL
Although more than seventy years
old, Miss Leary takes an active part in
social affairs and entcrtains Frequently
The river press., 1903-10-21

"Gce Whiz,' exclaimed the nprvy call
or, IL haven't another match, and nv
cigarattc has gone OUT
"Ncll,' replied the polite young wo-
man who could stand il no longer, you
would have bad to if it hnun't."-Catn-
Olic Standard and Times
The river press., 1903-10-21
Always Posted.

Nolfr-l suppose YOU keep watch
on the stock quotations to see which
are going up and which are coming
down:
Ianlb"-\o; don't have to. The ones
| hay" always go down, and the ones
don't have Invariably go up.-Boston
Transcript.
The river press., 1903-10-21

uoW he bars III lis arms 4 prize fur
."'rnty l",Un,i. red corcI wut"rMillynn,
~ it am dead ripe. De Old woman
It'll mods in her cheer an Dc r,:i!!'"n
siill sleep in d"ir beds when ut. h,,-
/ and an fahdrr returns, an pl;.cs : his
;rize on de table AN sits down to- :-ioat
obcr it, HarS iiZn"S> uar. Dar's lux
urv. satisfaction. rHilItaSllun. All Of
RockefelIrr'S nillyous couldn't buy
nuthn' better.
'TeH mlnl'S passes away. an Gnn de
old woman is woke up. She ga:rs an
smiles an smiles an g;lZcS. an she
The river press., 1903-10-21
Striai&.:h sI,.

"Jiminy. Didn't it make YOU feel like
80 cents when the foutputls stopped
you?'
"Ncll, | guess. And l must have
looked like II O'clOck'
"lIuW do you mran?'
'liandS up.'-rhiladc!phia Press.
The river press., 1903-10-21
4 Hard Pull,

"Rcttcr again, I'm glad to Sec" re-
marked the friend. 80 Dr. Prcc-price
did pull you through, as he said he
would
"Nes,' replied the cunvalcscent, who
had Just received the doctors bill, ''but
he seems to have done most of his pull
Ing on my leg. g.'-philadclphia Press
The river press., 1903-10-21
Those t.i,.IS.

Nell Ycs, we're rnyn-pu but | took
my time about accepting him.
Rcllc-lndcou? Waited until he actu-
ally proposed. did YOU? - Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The river press., 1903-10-21

Constable~-lf you can think of some
way to hold him for his bin III arrest
him.
Hotel kccper-l have it! False pre-
lenses. lie said he WAS an actor. and |
SAW the show last night. Francis
co Examiner.
The river press., 1903-10-21
Servants.

First Housewives Some days I undo
about everything the servant does.
Second Housewife e-GraciOuS, How
do you dare ?-Detroit Free Press,
The river press., 1903-10-21

which has distinguished him as a
prince Of the church and thenceforth
8 garbed in spotless white. excepting
only rcd stockings and shoes.
The robes Of the Roman pontiff a:e
severely plain. but of the finest MA
.erials. the wool Of which they are
made being carefully selected and sr"-
.ially woven. The Innings are of ricl,
white silk
The river press., 1903-10-21

in her Fifth avenue mansion ana at
her Summer home at Newport Music
is feature of her entertainments.
Since the death of her brother. Ar
thur Lrary, few years ago Miss Lea
~ has devoted large share of her for
tune to the cause Of charity. Among
her many benefactions was gift Of
100000 to Trinity College For Wom-
en-, adjunct Of the Catholic university
at Washington.
The river press., 1903-10-21
Nice and EncisGlr.1siu.

'N 0Ulu yCu marry Il thinaman:' he
Isllcd.
"Oh. dear" the girl who is sarcastic
replied, this is so sudden. But I al
ways supposed YOU merely looked like
tnc. .-t 'nirlgC Record Herald.
The river press., 1903-10-21
Etf,tc..,.1s..

On the Chesapeake. remember,
Where the bivalve has his cloister,
There the r that's in September
Is us silent as the oyster.
Chicago Tribune.
The river press., 1903-10-21
ACNORED BY THE GAR.
admiral Alexien, Russia's New Vice.
roy In the Far East.

Wee Admiral AleXieff. aid-de-c camp
general to the czar, who has been ap-
pointed administrator of the new vice
royalty that Russia has just created in
the far east by consolidating the Amur
district and the Kwangtung territory,
has for some time been commander in
chief of the Russian troops and naval
The river press., 1903-10-21

growcd up fat
an healthy. He
hadn't got to be
mo- dan twelve
vars old. how
ever. when he
began to go back
on his dict an
look around fur
sunlthin' to tell
him Cat he had
a soul. He Gi,ln't
know what he
wanted. an he
tried tul'nips an
squash an pun
kinS. to be dis
app in ted. He
stuck to it jest
&c same. an one
day he walked
up agin Il wa
ternnill.yon. He
jest hollcr right
out an went fur
The river press., 1903-10-21

AEM Gardner as the dogs were
Nv turned outdoors and Para
disc hall grew quiet, Il
want to say a few words to yo' tonight
Oh de suh.iick Of de watermllyon. In
talkin' wild varus members of dis club
of late hev found lamentable state
Of ignorance prevailin' an desire to
correct a number of errors.
"De impression has somehow fixed
itself in de Guild mans mind dat de
watermillyon made it's fust appearance
In de garden of Eden. Don't yo' be-
licve it no longer Oar wasn't but one
man on airth at dat time, an his name
was Adam. an he was white man.
De Guild man wasn't to be heard Of till
a hundred Vars later. an watermill-
yons would simply hev bin thrown
away. Adam might hev played foot
ball wild en-, or Eve might hev throw
ed en- ut de cats. but neither of 'enl
would hcv knowcd satisfaction in 'em.
"When dc f1lst pickaninny cum along
he was fed on yams an hoecake, an
The river press., 1903-10-21
BROTHER GARDNER
He MakeJ q Few Re-
marks on TIE Watermelon
copyright. 1868, by G. 3. Lewis.]

"A RY friends said Brother
IA,EM Gardner as the dogs were
AV4 turned outdoors and Para
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
CRASH IN WALL STREET FEARED;
ONE FIRM FAILS FOR $5,OOO,OOO
QUEER CLAIM MADE.
Rain Ruins a Woman's Gown on a
Street Car and Pay Is Demanded.


New York, Aug. ct was like
THROWN away $23 and couldn't
afford It,"
This explains Miss Agnes Buffers
demand of indemnity for a new gown
ruined in a heavy rainstorm on one
of the Brooklyn rapid transit COM
pany's open cars from Coney island.
Il called to the conductor TO pull
down the shade" said Miss Butler.
lie says: How can | when there's
none?' And sure enough it was
broke. Your fare, says he, as sassy
as you please. You'll wait till you
get it, says /, and me holdin' an my
nat with the hand l held my purse IN
and holdin' down my dress with the
other. | waited till | could get a
grasp on myself and then | handed
him out his nickel.
II was drenched in minute. The
water gathered in my lap: had to
keep shaking it out. You can see Tor
yourself the color is all washed out OF
the front of the skirt, and all my
underclothing was marked as il ink
had been spilled on il. It's like that
with all fOulards, no matter what
price you pay. It's no sort OF stuff to
get caught in the ram with.
THE wind was BLOWN a gale and
ALI the time strIkin' me here in the
chest got chilled through, and 4
wanted to pick up my underskirt to
protect my shoulders, but, OF course,
couldn't make a show Of myself. and
the motorman just crawlIn' along.
Hurry up said my friend, tapping ON
the glass. That's what | said 10 the
company; if | had been a sickly wCm-
an I'd have been in my bed. l had
to borrow my friends clothes to come
home in"
Early next morning Miss Butler
presented herself at the cOmpany's
offices with the ruined frock to offer
in evidence. The claim agent heard
her story courteously, but when he
suggested getting her dress dyed Miss
Butler scornfully rejected the PROPOSE
.tiOn. He appeared 10 think her de-
mands reasonable, however, and prom
ised her a reply in three days. He adj
mitted that another woman who oc-
cupied the same seat with Miss Butler
had put in a claim for a ruined brown
foulard dress.
A woman with a baby that had just
recovered from a serious illness was
another sufferer. Mrs. Lundbig was
also wet through, but her clothes were
wash goods.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10

New York, Aug. CA $4,000, 900
failure startled Wall street yesterday,
The stock market is on the verge OF
panic and more disasters are eX-
pected today.
The firm that failed is Sharp & Bry-
an of 20 Broadway street. which was
supposed to be under semi-prOtectiOn
of ]. Pierpont Morgan, for wnOm
Sharp at one time worked, and who,
when he started in business, was given
$4,000 by Morgan as a send-Off with
which to make a beginning.
According to the statement of the
assignee, Snarp IL Bryans liabilities
are about S5,0OU.UvJ, mostly secured.
HurbuI,, hatch & Co.'S embarrass-
ment has been a matter OF general
comment in the .street" tor some
), cen. No statement regarding their
anairs was obtalnabie.
Inc days business on the stock e.
change can best be SUMMARIZED Oy IL.
stocks, fully two-thIrds OF the active
list, touched the lowest RECORD Teacneu
during the present movement which
had its inception last September.
At the close OF the Jay some of the
solid interests-anu it is suggested
these interests have been 'Out OF
market" for weeks past, save here and
there when support was most neces-
sary-spoke reassuringly. They de-
clared the financial atmosphere was
being clarified. but for all that wall
street as a whole could see no silver
lining in the clouds, much less a gold
en- one.
Otner failures are confidently pre-
dicted and the names OF several i'm
portant firms are mentioned as among
those in financial straits. The break
in stocks during the day was coupled
with the suggestion that at least me
international banking hOus' hal heeA
making desperate efforts TO borrow
money abroad. The officers of leading
local banks and trust companies de.
clined to discuss the situation, except
to express confidence as to the sound
condition of the financial institutions.
Yesterdays shrinkage alone aggre-
gates many mnlions OF dollars. U~,s.4.
less "stop-lOss" orders were caught in
the selling avalanche AMI 1t is probable
hundreds of weak accounts were closed
! in utter disregard of the losses sus-
tanned by their owners.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
LOSE MARINETTE ORGAN.
Star and Eagle Merge, Assemblyman
Leroy Editor.

Ma-inette, Wis, Aug. 6.-The stat
warts are now without a newspaper
organ i'm Marinette.
The Daily Eagle and Marinette Star
were formally consolidated and today.
the first issue of the new paper, the
Daily Eagle-Star will be issued. The
consolidation is a business one. and
the stock of the papers is combined.
The policy of the new paper, it, is
denitely announced, will be- in sup
port of the state and national admins
tratiOns.
Frank +. Noyes will continue As
editor and manager; Assemblyman f.
w. lie Roy. formerly of the Star. wilt
direct the editorial policy and will
act as city editor and +. L. Payne
continues as associate editor.
Assemblyman Leroy. who will be
responsible for the political bias OF
the combied papers. says that for the
present all he wishes to state regard
ing the new paper is that ii will be
republican and that It will neither
work strenuously against Gov. La
Toilette nor will il be radical In it,
support OF him.
1T will be a republican paper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
sNoWsToRM WHILE you WAIT.
Madeto-Orde Billiards to Entertain
Visitors at ST. Louis Fair.

NlSlADlS dA OF EOAiS
Washington, Aug. Ga daily snow
storm will be one of the attractions at
the st. Louis exposition next summer.
1t will take place, no matter how hot
the day may be. if the machinery con-
tinues to run. If anything happens to
1t snowstorm checks will be issued to
those who have paid money to see it
snow on a day when the temperature
on the outside of the building is near
the century mark.
The places where the liquid air plant
is situated will be the scene OF these
storms. They will be part of the liquid
air show. All the other wonderful
things that can be done with liquid
air will be shown, such as boiling a
kettle of water by placing it on a
chunk of ice and driving a nail with a
chunk Of frozen mercury, but the
snowstorm feature will be a new thing.
The snow will be produced by lib
Grating a quantity of liquid air into a
room which has been filled with very
humid air. OF course, as soon as the
cold air strikes the air that has been
filled almost to the point of saturatiOn
there will be snow, as the tempera-
ture of the air of the room will be
lowered to the point where freezing
will take place as soon as precipita-
ton occurs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10

said Mr.. lie Roy. THAT is all | caR
say about it now"
Mr.. lie Roy is one of Gov. La Fol
lette's strongest supporters and inti-
mate friends The fact that he is tc
direct the political policy is more than
anything else significant of the Eagle
Stars course.
The Eagle under Mr. Noyes, has
been a stalwart organ. The merger
will give Isaac Stephenson a home
paper that is friendly to him. The
new paper will no doubt be a financial
success from the start whereas The
Star, it is understood, was a drain
upon the Marinette statesman's
pOcketbook.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10

Washington, Aug. 6.-Another long
drawn-out controversy as to how great
ly the inventive faculty has been de-
veloped in womankind appears immi-
nent to officers of the patent office.
Every few years some jealous adyo-
cate of the equality OF the sexes rises
up to declare taaL the female poI ton
OF the human kind is just as bright, i'll
tellectually, as the male portion.
About every fifteen years that dis
pute degenerates into a squabble as to
the deductions that are TO be drawn
nom the facts found in the patent OF
fee records. Usually the man IN the
argument taunts his opponent about
the relatively small number OF new
and useful things invented by women.
He usually says that woman has new
er invented anything that has no bear
ing upon the making of wearing APP
parel, healing the sick, suppression OF
noise or to increase the comfort OF
mankind.
The advocate of the theory that man
is far superior to his heIpmeet thinks
il a great fact to proclaim that not one
of the things that are called great
inventions came from the brain OF a
woman. Therefore he concludes that
woman never invents anything worth
while. An after dinner speaker-it
may have been Chauncey Depew OF
Ambassador Choate-Once answered
that argument by saying: Yes, it is
/ true she has never invented any thing
great except the best way OF separat-
| ing the male inventor from the money
he has acquired by making the so
called inventions.
About fifteen years ago the contro-
versy grew so hot that the then patent
commissioner HAD the IecCrds " his
office searched for the purpose OF max
ing an accurate compilation OF the per-
tinent facts as to the inventive faculty
of womankind, as shown in the work
lof his Office. The result was the prep
aration of a pamphlet containing the
names of all women to whom patents
had been granted.
There were less than 5000. Since
that time two more pamphlets have
appeared showing that the total mum
Der of inventors belonging to the weak
err sex does not exceed 5000. Since
the last of these was issued, the names
of perhaps 5000 have been added to
the record
The whole number of patents grant
ed in the United States to date is
736.O4G. OF course, many patents
have been issued to the same man
men like Edison and George West
inghouse holding hundreds of them
1t is a fair statement to say that let
ters-patent have been issued to al
least 100000 persons, and of this great
number only about 10000 are women
The first American queen to be
granted a letter giving her the ex
elusive right to manufacture al
article invented by herself was Mary
Kies. The records do not give hei
address. The letter was issued MAY
| 5, 1909, nineteen years after the pa
tent Office was established. She con
trived a method for weaving straw
Il with either silk or thread. The
.trecords do not show whether she made
or lost money on the venture. 1t i:
probable that she lost, as the vas
majority of inventors do. They dc
mot even make enough TO pay the cos
, lof taking out the letter, which is $25.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
JUDGE o'coNNoR DEAD.
Was a Witness of Abraham LincoIn's
Assassination.

New Rochelle, n. Y, Aug 6.-The
news is received that ex-Judge Felix
X. O'Connor of this place is dead in a
sanitarium at Bridgeport, Conn, in
his sixty-irst year.
Judge O'ConnOr was in FOrd's
theater in Washington on the night
that President Lincoln was assassi-
mated and was one of the men who
pursued the assassin, Booth. He was
also one of the guards of honor at
Lincoln's funeral. Judge O'COnnor
leaves two sons, one an actor in Bos-
ton, and the other a lawyer in Wash
ington.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10

At Atlantic City, N. J.. the following
officers were elected by the American
Federation of Catholic societies Pres
ident, Thomas B. Minahan. Columbus,
Ohio; secretary, Anthony Matrie, Gin
cinnati. Ohio; treasurer Henry j..
Fries, Erie. Pa.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
WORKING OVERTIME.

Output of Prison Irvine Factory Will
Be Increased.
Saltwater, Mimi, Aug. 6.-The con-
Wet crew at the prison Irvine factory
has begun working overtime in order
to increase the output. The men get
10 cents an hour for overtime and can
spend the money for reading matter
and such things.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
MICHIGAN BOY
KILLED BY LIGHTNING

Hillsdale, Mich, August 6.-Herbert
Cox, aged IL, was killed by lightning
yesterday while standing in the door
of a barn owned by Jonas Brown, five
miles southwest of this city. Brown
was struck and seriously injured but
will recover. The barn was destroyed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
PERJURER CONVICTED
AT END OF THIRD TRIAL

st. Louis, Aug. 6.-Harry A. Faux
ner, former member of the house Of
delegates, was yesterday convicted or
perjury and sentenced to three years
in the penitenuary. At the flrzJ.t.i
Faulkner was convicted but the SUI
preme court reversed and remanded
the case. The jury that tried the case
t. second time disagreed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
CAUSES GREAT
FIRE IN STOCK YARCS

Louisville, KY, Aug. 6.-Fire caused
by lightning last evening destroyed the
Bourbon stock yards and TWO buildings
adjoining. Four hundred and fifty
sheep burned. Loss $25O.O00. Two
firemen were injured.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
SIX or SEVEN KILLED.
Italians on Gravel Train die in a
Wreck.

New Hampton. Ia, August Six
or seven Italian wOrlSmen were killed
yesterday afternoon at Devon, fiVe
miles north of here, in n wreck on the
Great Western railway. A freight
train broke in two and ran backwards
into a gravel train. Three bodies have
been recovered and it is uncertain
how many more remain i'm the debris.