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of visibility and amid perfect silence
continued his speech.
All other sugars beside cane sugar
and sugar of milk were unknown until
the year 1747, when a German chemist
named Margraf first produced sugar
from white beet root. No practical use
was made of the discovery during his
lifetime. However. in 1899, his pupil
and successor, Achard. established q
beet sugar factory in Silesia, soon after
which the chemists of France, at the in
stance of Napoleon, largely extracted
sugar from the beet root. 1t was not,
however, till after 1880 that the indus
try secured a firm footing. but from
1910 onward it. advanced with giant
strides.
,rhe art of refining sugar and making
what is called loaf sugar was invented by
Venetian citizen toward the end of the
fifteenth century. The same art was first
practiced in England in 1914, the adventur-
ers being Thomas Gardiner and Sir Will
liam Chester, assisted by three Venetians.
They were proprietors of the only two
sugar houses in England. but the profits
arising from this concern were at first
small as the sugar refiners at Antwerp
could supply the London market cheaper.
Eventually war stopped intercourse
between London and Antwerp, and these
two houses supplied all England for
space of twenty years and greatly en-
riched the proprietors, whose success in
duced many others to embark in the same
trade In 1886 Sir Thomas MiIdmay tried
TO create a sugar trust. On the pretext
that frauds were practiced in refining
sugar he petitioned Elizabeth to grant
him a license for the exclusive right of
refining sugar for a term of years, but
the Queen refused the request.
CANE IN SPAIN.
Meanwhile the Spaniards had become,
in their turn, the great disseminators of
the sugar cultivation. The cane was
planted by them in Madeira in 1920; 1t
was carried to the West Indies In 1906.
and it spread over the occupied portions
of South America during the sixteenth
century Yet sugar continued to be
costly luxury, an article subject to the
control of the physician and confined to
the apothecarys shop, till the increas-
ing use OF tea and coffee in the eigh-
teenth century brought 1t into the list of
principal food staples.
Sugar was believed to be an antidote
to alcohol Bacon warmly supports the
theory of the power of sugar not only to
render wine less intoxica ting, being mixed
Herewith at the time of drinking it, but
also when eaten afterward to remove the
i'll effects of too copious libations of un-
mingled wine. Falstaff. 1t may be re-
membered, always took sack and sugar.
A curious echo of this theory cropped
up at the Lamson murder trial. The pris-
oner pleaded that the sugar brought into
the room to serve as a suitable vehicle
for the aconitine which he intended to
administer to his victim was really in
troduced to counteract the influence of
some strong sherry they were drinking
The great Duke of Beaufort, who was a
heavy drinker, for forty years before his
death used pound of sugar daily in his
wine.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
SAYS COWS MAKE
LIFE A TORMENT
Fred Fisher Complains to
the Mission Federation
of Mrs. Kearney's Bovines
ALSO SUFFERS INSULT
Other Matters Taken Up, One
of Them a Resolution to
Protest Street Fencing

Fred Fisher, representing the Noe
Valley Improvement Club, complained
bitterly to the Federation of Mission
Clubs. which met at 2251 Market street
last night, of a superfuity of cows in
his neighborhood. He has a particular
grievance against one Mrs. ]. Kearney.
who has a cow-shed on the bluff at
Twenty-sixth and Castro streets. The
dwelling place of the useful animals
directly overhangs the Fisher residence
and according to him is unsanitary and
offensive.
Fisher declares that he has CON-
planned to the Board Of Health. Short
~ after the complaint was made, he
said, the cow-shed of Mrs. Kearney
was emblazoned with the following de-
fiance: Any one who don't like this
can go to -
Traces of this sign, Fisher alleged,
still greet the interested passengers on
the Castro-street cars, and Mrs. Kear-
ney's cows moo plaintively all through
the night, he said.
Much business was transacted by the
federation. Fonr delegates from the
Excelsior Homestead Progressive AS
ISOLATION were seated as members OF
the federation. This association will
give a picnic at Green Valley Park to-
day. The object of the outing is to
bring the residents of The Excelsior
Valley District together and to raise
funds TO improve the Excelsior Valley
Hall. delegates from the Visitacion
Valley Club will be seated at the next
session of the federation.
Delegates from the University Mound
Improvement Club presented a petition
that is TO be submitted to the Board of
Supervisors. asking the board to take
some action to open certain streets in
that district that are now fenced in.
Prompt action in the matter is urged
on the following grounds:
The distractions greatly retard the
growth of that section of the city which
would otherwise grow rapidly into q
most desirable location for homes; the
South End School, the only one in the
district, is rendered dificult of access
by the distractions and the fencing in
of the streets is in violation of the law.
The petition will be circulated among
the clubs in the federation and for
warded to the Board of Supervisors.
A 5. Lille of the University Mound
Club called attention to the irregulari-
ties of the grades of the intersecting
streets at Twenty-fourth and vicks-
burg streets. 1t was decided to call the
attention Of the Supervisors to the
matter. The federation will hold its
next session at the Excelsior Valley
Hall on July l.
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MARVELLOUS YET CREDIBLE
FEATS OF MEMORY
Napoleon. Lord Granville and Bossuet
Possessed Remarkable Gifts
In Tint Line.

Napoleon. Lord Granville and Bossuet
Possessed Remarkable Gifts
In Tint Line.
Both Napoleon I and III had extraordi-
nary powers of memory. 1t is said of
the first that he could repeat the names
of his fullest regiment, having heard the
list but once read. Later in life, dis
covering one of his old soldiers in Ger
tain stone cutter. he was able to tell at
once the rank he held in the army, the
exact corps and regiment he belonged to,
where he had served and the individual
character he had borne for bravery.
Seneca complained of old age when he
could not as formerly. repeat 2000 words
in the order in which they were read
The Druids taught their whole circle of
sciences in 10000 verses, which students
were called upon to commit to memory, a
task frequently taking twenty years.
1t is related of Wiegis, a German vio-
linist, that upon the discovery that the
score of a certain valuable opera had
been lost he volunteered to write it from
memory. This he successfully did. to the
incest details. and was paid a handsome
sum of money. Upon many occasions
Wiegis accurately performed his part at
the opera when he was so intoxicated as
to make 1t necessary to provide him with
his instrument and adjust it In his hands
Racine could reclte all the tragedies or
EurIpides. Lord Granville repeated the
New Testament, from beginning to end
in the original Greek, and Cooke, the
tragedian. is said to have committed to
memory all the contents Of a large daily
newspaper. ~
Strazniky was said to know the name
and place of every one of the 100, 900
volumes of the Astor Library. The same
was said of the old librarian, Magliabechi.
who. besides knowing the name of every
book of his vast library. could repeat the
contents of a great number of them, and
could tell any inquirer not only what book
would best satisfy his wishes, but the
chapter and page where the desired data
could be found. -
Mirandola would commit to memory the
contents of book by reading it three
times over and could frequently repeat
the words backward as well as forward.
Thomas Crammer is said to have COM
mitted to memory in three months an en-
tire translation of the Bible, and Leib-
nitz, when an old man. could recite the
whole of Virgil word for word.
Lastly, Bossuet could repeat not only
the whole Bible, but all of Homer, Virgil
and Horace. besides many other works.
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What's de reason you're so 'fraid O.
travelin' in de mountains dis summer?s
asked Meandering Mike
i jes' foun' something out answered
Flooding Pete. DE air up dere is la
bic to be so rareied dat it's twice as
much work to breathe as it Is furder
down -"-Washingto Post.
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brought to the United States last year
by one fruit company which runs eighty
three steamers They came chiefly from
Cuba. Costa Ricas jamaica and Hon
duras.
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Green has been appointed to MI the
vacancy.
On the night of the second Friday In
May Progress Lodge of the Fraternal
Brotherhood was most pleasantly enter
tanned by the South Park boys, after
which there was dancing and Ice cream
and cakes This lodge gave dance
on a grand scale in the assembly hall OF
the Red Mems building on the night of
May 81.
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TessEI know Mr.. Borem wanted to
waitl until the rain stopped, but he was
such a tiresome caller I told him I'd
be glad to lend him an umbrella. and
so he had to go.
Jess-That was cute OF you.
Tess-Not so cute as I thought He
made the returning OF the umbrella
an excuse for calling the next evening.
-Philadelphia Press.
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And so your late relative was 50
years old? Did he retain possession of
his faculties until the end?"
I'VE don't know yet. The Will hasn't
been read"-Boston Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04

Hold on-where are you going? You
promised to do some shovelfng II I
would give you your dinner"
80 did, mum. Didn't you see me
shovelin' in me victuals? Good-day-'-
Kansas City Journal
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please, SIR begged the tramp. q
haven't had anything to eat since
left my mothers door"
Neither have l." said the man with
the woman's club wife. surreptitiously
|shuffiing him a fve.-Cipcinati Tribune
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
FREAkIsH PRODUCTS.

Birmingham, to the casual visitor,
is the ugliest and most commonplace
OF English towns. But to the initiate
Birmingham is mine of interest;
nowhere in the world are such. curious
things manufactured.
A curio dealer cited the other day
a few of Birmingham's odd products.
Among them were: J.
Crowns for African king-reai
crowns, made of real old, and set with
huge, il not quite f1awless, gems.
Idols of metal, Of wood and of clay,
that traders barter for ivory on the
Congo.
Opium smoking sets, made by ma
chinery, for sale among the lower
classes of the Chinese.
Elephant howdahs, very sumptuous
and splendid, for state use in the
courts of India.
Imitation blackthorns and shillelahs,
for the irish peasants to palm off on
tourists.
Antique green bronzes from Pom.
peii, TO be sold to visitors to Naples.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
A SENSIBLE MERCHANT.

A merchant in q small town in In
diana, instead of writing to his local
daily, complaining about the inroads
made upon his business by the large
mail-order houses, goes about in a SEN
sible way to cOunteract this COMPETE
ton, and his plan has proved very sue
cessful. This merchant notes very
carefully the prices on some of the
principal articles advertised by his
competitors, and once week he takes
a page aid in his local daily, offering
similar articles for less than the prices
quoted in the mail-order houses cata-
logues. He will take buggy, for in
stance, that is advertised for about
5000, to which he will add the ex-
press charges, estimating the charges
to mis- city to be about $40, making a
total cost of somewhere around S4120.
This price the country merchant quotes
as his competitors price and in the
next column he offers to sell an equally
good buggy for $40 cash, with the
further advantage that it need not be
paid for until the buggy is delivered
and found satisfactory, whereas, he
points out, his customers will have to
send cash to the distant house before
the buggy is sent. The manner in
which this small country merchant
goes about it offers other merchants
similarly situated a sensible solution of
the problem Of how to retain their
trade.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
SurIy Prison Doorkeepers.

"Why are the doorkeepers Of prisons
always surly? | guess it is because
they have to answer SO many foolish
questions" said prison doorkeeper.
"Only this morning a ring comes at
the bell. / halt in the middle of my
breakfast. | tramp down the long cor
ridore. | unlock my fifty-ton door
with my twenty-pound key. Outside
stands tough young man, his hat on
the side of MS head, VINO says:
"'Boss, whenll Joe Mace get out?
Me and another feller's got bet on
it.
People come here and ask me
when this prisoners trial and thai
prisoners trial takes place. They
come here without permits, and de,
mand to see a prisoner with the same
air as you'd go to friends's house
and demand to see your friend. They
bring presents to prisoners-boxes OF
cigars, bottles of rum, scarfpins, and
poker dice.
ct is the constant rebuffing of all
these foolish people that makes the
doorkeeper of a prison surly."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
THE MARINERS YARN.

Down in the docks the other day
they were talking about a schooner
which had been struck by lightning,
when the reporter singled out an ola
mariner, and said:
Captain H, it seems to me
I've read or heard of your brig being
struck"
Eyes, she was answered the olo
yarn-spinner.
Where was it?"
off Point aux Barques, about
fifteen years ago. Very strange case,
that. Probably the only one of the
kind ever heard Of"
"Give us the particulars"
"Well, we were jogging along down
when thunderstorm overlook us,
and the very first flash of lightning
struch the deck amidship, and bored
a hole as big as my leg right down
through the bottom of the vessel
''And she foundered, of course?"
mo, sir. The water began rushing
in, and she would have foundered.
but there came a second flash, and a
bolt struck my fore-to'- gallant-mast.
1t was cut off near the top, turned
bottom end up, and as it came down
it entered the hole and plugged it up
down to drydock, we simply sawed of
either end and left the plug in the
planks."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
CHINESE SOCIETY
AGAINST AMERICA

Washington, July 21-The depart.
ment of state mas received a repor
from Samuel L. Gracey. American con.
sui at Fucnau, China, on the meeting
held by Chinese merchants at Slang>
hal May to discuss the American ex-
eClusion laws and the Chinese boycott
of American goods. The society most
active in this question was the Jen
CHING (man mirror) literary society
Of Shanghai. More than 200 people
attended and adopted resolutions de-
claring that they would stop consum-
ing or ordering American goods; that
the natives wno worked for American
merchants or who We're engaged in the
transportation Of American goods,
would ask for his or her wages, that
the privileges given to the Hensing
company for building railway should
be withdrawn and that any Chinese
merchant found to deal secretly in
American goods not only would be
fined but socially boycotted.
San Francisco, July 21-John e.
Wilkie, chief of the United States Sc
c1et service, who arrived here yester-
day from the orient, says the Chinese
boycott of American goods is not so
serious matter as mas been reported.
He investigated the boycott in Snang,
hal and Hong Kong and reached the
conclusion it will not greatly affect
American trade
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
Japanese PoIiteness.

A Russian soldier left behind his
brothers-in-arms. He slowly rose up
and faced his captors. They smiled
amiably, and, treasured, ne pulled off
his cap and commenced to fan himself
with it. Now, it is a common custom
for a Japanese soldier to carry about
with him in the hot weather a small
fan. On this occasion fan was
forthcoming and handed to the Rus
sian. But he refused to take it, pre-
ferring to use his cap. Still, with an
amiable smile on his face, one of the
Japanese again proffered him the re
jected fan, at the same time covering
him with a revolver. The captive
took the gift without further reluct-
ance.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
MANSION OF CONCRETE.
An interesting Architectural Expert
ment

One of the most advanced users OF
Gently read paper before the Nation
al Builders Supply association, detail
ing his experiences in the construc-
ton of house which was built entire
ly of concrete. This innovation was
undertaken solely for the purpose or
demonstrating the value Of concrete
for domestic purposes and to deter
mine the cost OF a house of this char
acter, as compared with brick and
other building materials. The paper
referred to contains many details of
value to the builder, but some OF them
are also of interest to the general
reader. For instance, the writer has
the following to say relative to the
cost of construction: There were 400
cubic yards of concrete in the walls
and floors of the house, and, taking in
to consideration the carpenter work,
setting UP framing, setting doors and
window frames and joists as the work
progressed, the common labor &C.
ment, sand and stone, totaled up to
$4,000, which would make the con-
crete cost $3.50 per yard. Ordinary
brick houses, with pressed brick face,
cost from SO to $12 per cubic yard.
Much has been said as to the feast
bility of plasterlng on solid walls with
out using lathing, there being doubt
about moisture coming through the
walls and plaster Moisture will not
penetrate a solid wall if a reasonably
wet concrete is used; a dry concrete
Mr.. Matcham cannot vouch for, and
water may penetrate it, although this
is doubtful.
Claims are made that the different
temperatures between the inside and
outside of walls, particularly in win
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
THIS SHRINE is POPULAR.
Guadalupe Visited Annually by Thou
sands of Mexican Pilgrims.

Guadalupe Visited Annually by Thou
sands of Mexican Pilgrims.
It is conservatively estimated that
at least 100000 pilgrims visit the
shrine of Guadalupe each year. Or
this large number, about half go there
from this city, the remainder travel
ing from other parts of the republic.
Thousands of pilgrims arrive in the
city in trains, much greater number
veyances, while by far the largest
number make the journey on foot,
many of the latter people travelling
many miles from the interior portions
Of the country, in order to make their
pilgrimage and to pay their devotions
to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
About 100000 people visit the
basilica of Guadalupe during the days
of fiesta that mark the great oc-
casion of Dec. IL, and at this time
there is a city of booths erected about
the church. The other 100000 pill
gri1ns who visit the shrine are dis
tributed throughout the year, the pill
SrludS0S OCCuIluS vi dill average u
once month, when the church is al
ways profusely decorated with flowers
and brilliantly lighted with candles.
On the 18th of each month there are
pilgrimages, wnen the same cere-
monies and religious observances
can be witnessed as take place there
on Dec. -, although not on such a
magnificent scale.
Besides the pilgrimages on the 18th
of each month, there are other pill
grimages held during the year, and on
special feasts Of the church elaborate
services are held at Guadalupe.
Mexican Herald.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24

Some months ago President Roose-
welt uttered this estimate of Elihu
Root: ''In John Hay have a great
secretary of state. In Philander Knox
have a great attorney general. In
other cabinet posts l have great men.
Elihu Root could take any of these
places and fill it as well as the man
who is now there. And. in addition,
he is what probably none Of these gen
tlemen could be-a great secretary of
war. Filihu Root is the ablest man /
nave known in our government serv-
ice | will go further. He is the
greatest man that has appeared in the
public life of any country, in any posi-
ton, on either side of the ocean. in
my time"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

The Russian naval commander. Adj
miral Roiestyensky, has always been
looked upon by his friends as one of
the most pessimistic men in the navy
His morbid feelings were exhibited in
some verse written by him in the al
bum of an English girl, at her request.
He selected the well-known little
French poem, LA Vie est Breve," and
wrote this paragraph of it:
La vie est bette.
I'm peu de fete,
Un peu d'ennui,
81 puis-bonne mutt.
Life is stupid. A little gayety, a
little WEAKNESS, and then-goo1
night"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
ABOVE THE sNoWDRIFTs.
Weather Cannot Affect Operation of
the Aerial Trolley.

the Aerial Trolley.
Throughout the western mining
country aerial tramways built OF wire
rope are becoming popular" said e.
E. Hickok, travelling representative
of one of the largest Independent wire
rope manufacturers in the country.
ITO anyone acquainted with the topo-
graphy of the western mining dis
tricts this mode of conveying ore will
appeal forcibly. 1t can be operated
more economically than the usual
track and car equipment and at the
same time is not dependent on wealth
er conditions. At Encampment, Wyo.,
ty-three miles in length over hills and
dales, and it has not lost a single day
in operation. A series of steel or
wood derricklike towers are necess-
airy, those at Encampment varying
from eleven feet to sixty feet in
height. The principle of operation is
the same as that of the cable car lines
except that the method under discus
sion is UP in the air instead of on and
beneath the surface The speed of the
car is regulated at the terminals
Needless to say, only wire rope of
high quality can be used in this work.
Take the outfit at Encampment
lightweight miles of wire are necess-
airy on that twenty-two-mile stretch
Every inch of those lightweight miles
i
ing power. The slightest defect will
impair the usefulness of the whole
length"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
MARINE CAMP SWEPT AWAY
BY STORM ON MIDWAY ISLAND

Washington, July 21.-General FL
lott, commander of the marine corps,
has received cablegram stating that
a storm had swept over midway islano
destroying the marine camp, but In
juring none of the men. A detacl-
ment of 20 marines is stationed on the
island, which is a station of the trans
Pacific cable The cable states that
the marines are now temporarily in the
cabin buildings.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-07-24
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and unclinching nervously.
Don't tempt me-" he said.
She smiled at him with a world or
tenderness in her eyes.
would | be such a hindrance?" she
asked.
Child, I'd be happy sewer digger
with you," he cried, and before he
knew it ne had caught her IN his
arms.
And the funny part Of it u.s." said
she few moments later, 81 had fully
made up my mind that your answer
was to be no. kansas City Star.