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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-12
Many People

Find IL difficult TO select APP
propriate Christmas gifts. OF
course IL is hard to sit down at
home and decide just what to
give in many instances. But
when you visit my store aud
see the many good things for
Christmas l have, YOU will read
lily decide on an appropriate
present for every one on your
list.
Here is an alluring display
of beautiful jewelry, including
everything from the simplest
rings and pins TO the most
elaborate ornaments, set with
precious stones; tableware and
tableware OF sterling and plated
silver. in correct designs and
finishes; watches OF style and
perfect timekeeping qualities;
novelties in gold aud silver;
brilliant cut glass and table
ornaments, and many other new
and artistic articles most ac-
eeptable as presents.
A gift for every one at the
price you want to pay.
j. L. Wanner
Jcwelcr and Optician.
81 broadway. Paducah.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-12

Daily Thought.
A man soon gets tired Of his re-
ligion when he does not work at II.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
Edison Paid in Experience

ness of the country. I don't remem-
Der much Of the detail of this threat
ened competition, but l do know that
at the time the transmitting apparatus
of the telephone was by no means per-
feet, so I set to work to make per-
fected telephone in this respect, a
vital matter for the future of the in
vention. Well after a good deal of
hard work, l got what 1 was after,
There it is,"-and Mr.. Edison pointed
at the receiving end of the telephone
which stood on his desk.
with my carbon transmitter ready
for a demonstration l went to the of
fees of the Western Union; had pre-
viously sold that company my stock
ticker invention and my quadruple
system of telegraphy and quite natur-
ally, suppose, I gravitated to it with
the transmitter. l saw the manager
and one or two other gentlemen,
showed them the transmitter, and told
them that I was pretty sure that with
my apparatus in their possession they
would have the bulge on the Bell in
strument. l tell you, they were an in
terested lot of men, and as soon as /
gave them a chance they asked for
some kind of an option on the in
vention and I gave it to them without
further ado.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
ART CRITICISM IN KANSAS
Harvey Parsons Found Much Fault
With HIS Friends Picture of the
Girl and the Cow.

Albert T. Reid and Harvey Parsons,
two well known Kansas artists, are
very good friends. Reid was one of
Parsons teachers.
Recently Reid drew handsome wa
ter-color picture depicting a very pref
ty girl dressed in a milkmaid's cos
tune She had one arm thrown loving
ly about the neck of big, fine Hol-
stein cow-the kind they raise in Kan
sas. In the other hand she carried a
milking stool. The girl and the COW
were wandering through field of
daisies. 1t is a good piece of work and
was accepted readily and gladly by the
publishers who ordered it.
Just about the time Reid had it fin
ished Parsons wandered into his stu
do.
What are you working on?" asked
Parsons. Reid pointed to an easel on
which stood the picture of the girl and
the cow.
Parsons looked It over for some time
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
Child Rebuked Famous Man

one of the best musical instruments
of the sort to be found anywhere in
America. In the early evening, the
final meal of the day over, Aaron
Burr sat down at the spinnet and be-
gan to play upon it, and as he fingered
the instrument with the deftness of
an expert, filling the room with a
popular melody of the day, little Mary
Van Buskirk stood beside her Idol,
listening intently and watching him
admiringly.
There had been hung upon the wall
right over the spinnet. since Aaron
Burr's previous visit, a picture of
George Washington. At first, so in
tent was Burr upon his music, that he
did not notice the likeness of Wash
ington above him, but at last he
glanced up and saw the engraving.
Instantly the music ceased, a scowl
flashed over Burr's features, and in an
angry tone of voice he exclaimed:
THAT is the picture of damned
scoundrel!"
He turned to the spinnet to resume
his playing. but in that instant little
Mary Van Buskirk, her face livid with
childish passion, stood upon tiptoes,
and drawing her little right arm and
hand slapped Aaron Burr as violently
as she could in the face; and as she
did so she cried: You shan't talk that
way about General Washington. We
all love him here, and he is a good
man, and you are bad man to call
him names"
Aaron Burr wheeled angrily upon
the child; for an instant he held her
In his gaze. Then he arose and went
out Of the house, and that house knew
him no more.
My authority for this hitherto un-
published story? Mr.. George ]. Thomp-
son, a great-grandson of the little girl
who dared to defend the good name of
the father of her country against the
slurs of Aaron Burr.
Copyright. 1910. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07

cit was oAly little while later that
they sent for me and made me a
proposition to buy my apparatus out
right. They said they were willing to
pay me about hundred thousand dol
lars in annual installments covering
a rather lengthy period. / thought
that was a lot of money and how nice
it would be 30 count with perfect GER
tainty upon an income of several thou
sand dollars year for quite number
of years, and, do you know, let them
have that invention on their own
terms ?"
Mr.. Edison permitted himself to in
dulge in a near-chuckle. "a few
weeks later he continued, 81 heard
that the Western Union had sold my
improved transmitter to the Bell peo-
pie for eight hundred thousand dol
lars, simply by proving to the latter
that it had the bulge on them.
"But have never regretted the deal
| made with the Western Union PEG.
pie, or, rather, the deal they made
with me- l gained a lot of experience
in that transaction, and it was worth
the experience. l have never let any
body get the better Of me since, and
| am certain that the experience
got then has made me far more money
then l lost through inexperience when
| didn't dicker back and forth between
the Western Union and the Bell peo-
pie with my transmitter"
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
Little Child Who Administered
Rebuke to Famous Man.
How Young Mary Van 5uskirk Scold-
ed Aaron Burr When He Dared
60 Revile George Washing
ton in Her Presence.

In 1897, after having served six
years in the United States senate,
Aaron Burr again became a member
of the New York legislature, and
thereafter for two years he made fire.
quent trips between Albany, the state
capital, and his home in New York
city. These journeys, for the most
part, he made on horseback, and for
months whenever he arrived in the
town OF Athens, situated on the west
bank of the Hudson some twenty-eight
or thirty miles below the capital, he
made it an almost invariable rule to
visit at the house of the Van Buskirks,
which is still standing. This private
house was a famous gathering place
for prominent men who were on their
way to and from Albany and New
York, and the entertainment that the
owner of the house afforded his dis
tinguished friends and acquaintances
of the latter days of the eighteenth
century and the first years of the nine
teenth century is still traditional in
Athens, some of whose early citizens
became of great influence in the pub
lie life of their times.
OF the greater politicians who were
guests of the Van Buskirks from time
to time none received more cordially
than Aaron Burr, and none seemed to
be more deligh ed with the hospitality
shown him. In fact, he was a guest
so welcome at all times that he need
not herald his coming there were al
ways a room ara good cheer waiting
for him, and Ide.y, the little daughter
of the hose. eagerly looked forward
to his visits. Aaron Burr being a favor
lite of rs and she of his.
One afternoon in 1898, when Mary
was about seven years old, Aaron
Burr arrived at the Van Buskirk man
sion with the expectation of spending
the night there. In the parlor of the
house stood a spinnet. which was
spoken of the countryside around as
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
Invention That Edison Was Paid
For in Experience.
He Sold His Microphone Carbon
Iransmitter to Big Corporation at
Its Own Price and Concern
Made 800 Per Cent Profit.

While chatting one evening in the
winter of 1892 with Thomas A. Edison
IN the library of his beautiful home
at LIeWellyn Park, New Jersey,
asked him what, in the way of money
returns, his invention of the mean
descent lamp and his apparatus for
so dividing the electric current that it
would be available for lighting had
meant for him. He looked up at the
light, which was glowing over his IL
Drary table, and for a few moments
appeared to be making a mental cal
cuIat1on, and then he said: "That in
Ventlon brought me my first real cap
lIaI' should say, at a rough calcula-
tlon' that it has brought me about
three million dollars already"
After pause Mr. Edison went on,
with his characteristic smile: "That
is after all, a very small part of the
real capital this thing has created.
l should say that the electric light
mas created about three hundred mil
lions of new capital, and l don't think
I am far out of the way in saying
that 1t furnishes support to a million
persons, estimating the average family
of an artisan at five persons.
But didn't you get a large capital
out Of your microphone carbon trans
mitter?" l asked THAT was the in
vention which made the modern per-
fected telephone possible"
MIR. Edison smiled broadly.
Il suppose I got maid in largo ,or+
for that in experience" he said. 81
had a good many things to learn about
business in those days"
you may remember that the West
ern Union Telegraph company. after
the telephone was demonstrated to be
a practical invention-that was about
i1876-planned adding a telephone sys-
TEN 10 it's telegraph lines To every
one it seemed certain that there was
to be severe competition between the
Western Union and the original tele-
phone company for the telephone bust
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
Tale OF T1Uo Commanders

seventy-two years. He had been
delegate from New York to the first
national convention of the Republican
party. He had been the chairman OF
the Republican national committee in
the first three national campaigns
participated in by that party, and
again, in 1872, he was made chairman
of it's national committee He it was
who, following his reelection as gov
ernor of New York in 1860, sent more
than $4,000 volunteers from New
York to the front before he left Office
in 1863 and for six years after va
eating the governors chair he prep
resented his state in the United States
senate. So, when his funeral was
held in the old brick Presbyterian
church on Fifth avenue, in New York,
many distinguished men, both in pub
lie and business life, were present,
though the day was one of the worst
Of the winter, with the rain falling
furiously and the wind blowing vio-
lently. President Arthur, who in the
early part of the Civil war had served
on Governor Morgan's staff, was one
of his pallbearers, and Capt. Frederick
G. Wagner, who, as provost marshal
of New York, helped greatly to quell
the draft riots in 1863, was one of the
uShers.
Along the aisle In which l served"
said Captain Wagner, there came a
period when every pew was filled ex.
cept one. Into it l showed two late
arrivals, and as it was the pew l in
tended to sit in myself l asked them
if they would be kind enough to look
after my overcoat and umbrella until
my official duties were over. AS the
larger of the two politely responded
that they would be pleased to do so, it
flashed across my mind that / had
seen him somewhere before, and next
there came a faint recollection of hay
ing met the smaller men, also, on
some previous occasion. But not I'M
til it was almost time for me to take
my seat did it occur to me who they
were. The larger one was Gen. Win
field Scott Hancock, whom l had
really never seen before, but with
whose muchopublished likeness had
become thoroughly familiar when
Hancock ha& run for president; and
his companion was none other than
Gen. Phil Sheridan. Neither was in
uniform.
"I'o say that was Inundated at the
thought that / had asked those two
disting uished generals to keep watch
over my overcoat and umbrella is
putting it lightly. l determined to
apologize at the first opportunity, and
after the funeral services were over /
turned to them and said: Gentlemen,
you must excuse me for having asked
you to perform this service for me-
l did not at first recognize you
Instantly there sprang into Gen
eral Sheridan's eye his characteristic
twinkle, and little smile played
about his mouth. Well he said hearth
ly, If the president Of the United
States can serve as night Waterman
in the treasury department building, it
can't be beneath our dignity to serve
as watchmen over the overcoat and
umbrella of any one who has any part
in this funeral
'And the man who was destined
soon to become the head of our army
thus set me at ease, General Hancock
smiled in cordial approval"
Copyright, 1910, by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved9
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07

the greatest object Of curiosity to Wis
itors. The United States government
has renamed the place Fort Marion,
it's quaintness nor it's charm. Over the
door of the sally port, the coat Of
arms of Spain still looks out, carved in
stone, and nearly as sharp as in the
days when it came across the ocean;
and all the Fort Marions" in creation
cannot modernize that It is one of
the first things the tourist sees when
he comes to the old fort, and it pre-
pares him for the typically Spanish
things he will find further on.
Visitors like to stand long in the
shadow Of the walls of Fort Marion,
and climb to it's watchtower at the cor
ner Of the rampant The sentry towers
too, are attractive, and the place is Wis
tied over and over again. What there
is in this old fortifcation that exerts
so subtle a charm is a mystery. Other
places there are in this country which
have more of history and a great deal
more of Importance, but they have not
the power to attract. To me the fact
that it is the only example of medieval
stronghclds on the American continent
is something of a reason, and doubt
less others are similarly impressed
The spirit of Spain hovers over the
old fort. In imagination one sees the
soldiers of centuries ago Iolling about
the place, gambling, dueling, quarrel
ing, drinking, staggering. There
these swaggerers and adventures had
their taste of life in the western world,
and there they left their strongest i'm
print that we have in any part of the
American continent.
Fort Marion is in charge of a rapid
fire ordnance sergeant of the United
States army, who takes the visitors to
the many points of interest. He has
every detail of the settlement of the
town and the establishment of the fort
at his tongues end, and once he is
started on the story there is no side
tracking him until he has finished.
Fort Marion is the water end of the
old Spanish works, which began at the
city gates away over at the other side
VI LAG IOWu DSIW0Sn II0 entrance anu
the main fort it has barbican, small
fortification which may have had it's
uses some day in the past The fort is
surrounded by moat and originally
was reached by two drawbridges, one
Of which extended from the glacis and
the other from the sally port, which is
now the only entrance
In the easements are to be seen the
old dungeons where the soldiers who
had gained the enmity of the command
ant or the governor were confined in
chains. Let it be whispered, however,
that the thrilling tales of skeletons
found chained to the walls and Of the
tortures authorized by the inquisition
and carried out by its agents are large
ly if not wholly moonshine
From the watchtower, a beautiful
view is gained of the Matanzas river,
Anastasia island, the rolling sand
dunes and the heaving sea beyond. On
Anastasia stands the barber pole
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
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which swept across to the Flor
ida peninsula and, among other
N places in its path, greatly dam
aged St. Augustine, serves to
call attention to this our Oldest and
perhaps most interesting city. The en-
tire business section of the city was
flooded with inrushing sea water, while
the wind and waves created havoc, the
water pouring over the famous sea
wall.
The spirit of manana-tomorrow
SO visible in st. Augustine the moment
the traveller alights from his train that
he does not need to be told the Span
ish once lived in and ruled the town.
There is not another city in the Uni
ted States, not excepting such few typ
ically alien towns as lie along the Mex
lean border in the far southwest, which
is SO foreign. No matter where the
visitor goes he finds reminders of old
Spain, constantly beckoning him to be-
hold her ancient glories.
Yet here there is a delightful blend
ing of the old and new. Spain left
many old buildings which are quaint
and odd in their typically Spanish and
Moorish architectural features, and
their methods of building are still fol-
lowed to a considerable extent, adapt
ed, of course, to modern needs. 1t is
nearly a century since Spain coded
Florida to the United States, but st.
Augustine remains as living reminder
of the rule of the Don, and the shadow
of the Andalusian regime remains. But
it is shadow without gloom. Every
where in this old, old city the spirit of
Spain is breathed, but only to the won
der and delight of the visitor, never
with bitter memories.
The wealth of many millionafres has
been lavished on st. Augustine. Realiz-
ing that the chief charm of the old city
was it's antiquity and that its monu-
ments and structures left by the Span
ish were necessary to its life, as it
were, the ancient landmarks have
been preserved or restored, and many
sections are as Spanish as they ever
were in the days of the naughty COVER
nors of CASTLE. The Spanish flag float
ed two centuries over the bastions of
San Marco, and were 1t to be suddenly
raised again on that old fort the Span
ish effect would be complete.
San Marco. by the way, is probably
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
The Mexican FLAG.

The Mexican flag, whose colors are
white, green and red, representing re-
.ligious purity, unity and independence,
had it's origin in what are styled the
three guarantees which were the
principal clauses of the plan OF
Iguala," published February "a, 1920
by Agustin de Iturbide, afterward EN-
peror Of Mexico.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07

and, blowing out big wreath of pipe
smoke, asked
What is the girl going to do?"
Going to do?" calculated Reid.
why. milk the COW. of course"
What is she doing with her arm
around the cows neck?" asked Par
sons.
Leading the animal to the lot" re-
piled Reid, mixing some paint.
We'll, where is the milk pail?' de-
manded Parsons.
"She hasn't any milk pail" replied
Reid
HIM" replied Parsons. Then may
be she isn't going to milk the cow"
We'll, maybe she isn't" asserted
Reid.
We'll, if she isn't" persisted Par
sons, blowing another puff of smoke,
what is the girl going to do with that
milking stool?"
"Oh," snorted Reid. she is going to
hit the darned COW over the head with
it!"-Kansas City Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
The Bahamas.

The Bahamas have no descendants
now of the Indians whom Columbus
found there. They were carried away
by the Spaniards to work in mines
and pearl fisheries elsewhere, when
they were not ruthlessly exterminated.
OF the white population many are the
descendants of the Loyalists Of Geor-
gia and South Carolina who fed hith-
er when the United States became in
dependent The blacks speech pre-
sents one specially curious feature:
they exchange their VS. and VS., ex-
actly as the Londoner did when Mr..
Weller insisted upon spelling biz
name with I'VE"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
Little Story Told of Two Great
Commanders.
How Gen. Hancock and Gen. Sheridan
Watched Over Usher's Coat and
Umbrella at Funeral of Edwin
Dennison Morgan.

Recently I told how Chester A.
Arthur, shortly after becoming presi-
dent of the United States in 1881, act
ed as night Waterman in the treasury
building for ten minutes. Today's
anecdote is supplemental to that, in
a measure, in that the former incident
has some part in this one.
In February of 1883 there died Ed
win Dennison Morgan, at the age Of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
Vain Regret.

IF you had begun to save up when
| told you you would have nice little
home now"
mo, l wouldn't"
Eyes, you would, easily"
mo, l wouldn't; I'd have nice lit
tie auto, darn it,"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07

1 He RECENT Cuban hurricane
which swept across to the Flor
ida peninsula and, among other
places in its path, greatly dam
nrnd Ct A1o11Stina serves to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-12-07
Liberty and Law.

The highest liberty is ill harmony
with the highest law.-Giles,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-03-02
ference with the naval officials.


The South Carolinians got here
early this morning on Mr.. Anderson's
private car, bringing with them Maj
or j. C. Hemphill, whom they will
present to the city of Richmond to-
morrow as the future guiding genius
of the Richmond Times Dispatch
They got here on time because An
derson, the railroad man, was with
them and kept things in good run
ming order acting In the capacity of
general chaperon and manager. AT
the New Willard Hotel they have
had things their own way since their
arrival, and it did not take the clerks
and guests around the lobby long
to notice that something out Of the
ordinary had happened when Maj
or Hemphiil and his friends announc-
ed themselves. Little time was lost
in informing the secretary OF the
navy that they had come. At the
navy department an informal confer
ence was held, the result Of which
has already been stated.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-03-02
Negro Shot Near Clinton.

Clinton, February 27.-Whit Kin
ard, negro, working on a farm be-
belonging to Mr.. w. d. Lake, was
probably fatally shot by John Jackson
also colored, at about o'clock this
afternoon. 1T seems that they were
engaged in wrestling bout just "a
cross the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens railroad from the residence
OF Mr.. r. M. league, and they began
to dispute as to which was the better
wrestler, whereupon Jackson drew his
pistol and shot Kinard, the bullet pass
ing through the left lung.
DR.. Lawrence Bailey, who attended
the case, has very little hope for his
recovery. He has been sent to Ches-
ter, where be will be operated upon
by DR.. S. w. Pryor.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-03-02

Charleston, Feb. 25-Attorney Gen
eral Lyon said this afternoon that he
will positively not be a candidate for
governor at the approaching primary,
but that he will be in the race for re-
election to the office which he now
holds.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-03-02
Church Announcements.

Preaching at Mountville Baptist
church next Sunday by pastor, B. P.
Mitchell, Subject: "The Faith That
Saves, at IL A. M. AT night, 1880
subject: Repentance" Hope all the
members will be present and visitors
are specially invited.