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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
The Army Worm.

While we do not think there is much
Likelihood of q recurrence of the army
worm pest next year, yet it may be well
IL case we should have another inaic-
tior to know a little more about it.
he New York Agricultural Expert
ment Station has devoted Bulletin no.
1G4 to an investigation Of the beast,
and from it we extract some facts
which our readers would do well 10
bear in mind.
The eggs are very small, globular i'll
folm, and nearly white in color. They
are usually laid in the leaf sheauhs Of
grasses and grains, and the early
brood, which does the mischief, owl
pGsit freely in the cut straw of old
stacks, in hay ricks, in old corr shocks.
and in bits OF corn stalk that have been
left upon the surface of the ground i'll
pastures. This will explain Il fact that
has been noted by many, that the
worms started in blue grass pastures
on which cord fodder had been fed to
cattle.
The young caterpillars come forth in
about ten days from the tine the eggs
are laid. In case the eggs were placed
on fresh grass or grain, the young lar
vac feed for time in the Sheath
where the eggs were placed, but final
Iy include the whole blade in the bill of
fare. They are full grown in about
four weeks. At this time single lar
vac measures about an inch and half
in length and a quarter of an inch in
diameter. They may be briefly de-
scribed as being smooth, naked cater
pillars, moderately dark in color, with
longitudinal stripes running the full
length Of the body. The third stage in
the insects life begins when the cater
pillars go into the ground or under
stones to make the wonderful change
from an active caterpillar to an apDar-
emily lifeless creature. This stage is
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
BRANDED SELLS HIS MACHINE.
New Rotary Engine Patent is Disposed
of for 81, 600, 900.


of for 81 ,6OO,O 900.
Sleepy Eye, Mimi, Nov ia. G..
Phillips, representative of an English
syndicate, was here yesterday and Of
fered Grant Brambel 10000 more for
the patent right of the Brambel rotary
engine, patented by him, than was Of
fered by the Allen syndicate. Mr.. Bran
bel had just accepted the offer of $780,
600 from the Allen syndicate, and was
forced to decline the offer of $4,000
more made by Phillips.
The patent is a most useful one, and
the type of engines all over the world
will probably sooner or later be mOdi-
ficatiOns of the Brambel engine. The
machine is adapted to any kind of work
where power of any kind is used, and
may be built for fraction of the money
expended on engines.
The patentee of this remarkable en-
CINE has studied over the rotary engine
problem for the last twelve years and
made many failures with his models,
until he finally hit upon the plan of the
machine patented by him. He fled his
specifications last December and letters
patent were issued to him Oh the Goth
of that month.
He is a quiet, unassuming man,
splendid telegraph operator, and also a
prolific inventor. He owns seventeen
patents on different articles, one of
which, an electric dynamo, is calculated
to make him famous, now that he has
money enough to introduce his machine.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
mo American Fat Stock Show.

There will be no American Fat Stock
Show in Chicago this year. The Illinois
State Board of Agriculture has decided
that the time is too short to allow for
proper arrangements being made. The
stockmen, too, are of the opinion that it
would not be convenient for them to at
tend, the time being too short for them
to get their herds in condition. 1t is
probable that another cause has oper-
ated to some extent The Springfield
fair involved them in debt about S1o,-
600, and they had asked to have guar
antee fund of $4,000 raised if the fat
stock show was to be held. Only $4,000
of the latter sum had been subscribed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
EXCESS THE ONLY WRONG.
Bishop Doesn't Object to Moderate
Drinking and Card Playing.

OOOSA OOJCOO ~
Drinking and Gard Playing.
Albany, N Y, Nov. 19.-Bishop Will
liam Croswell Doane of Albany, in his
annual address to the ministers Of his
diocese, had this to say of card-playing,
drinking and theater-going:
It is idle to make sweeping denunciations
Of the customs of society, to condemn the
theater, to declaim against dancing, to pro-
hibit universally the use of wine. The sys-
TEN of the church and it's line of teaching
founded on Holy Scripture and the teachings
of our Lord, do not undertake to deal with
these minute details.
The reading of fiction or going to the
theater may be to one person just the relief
that is needed to an overweight brain or a
tired body, while to another it snay simply
make the realities of life unreal and foster
a false sentimentalism and spurious emo
tionaliSm.
The same thi3g is true about games, which
may lead one person to that awful sin of
gambling, while to another are merely the
diversion and distraction that rest the brain.
And l am perfectly certain that this is
true about the use of StimulantS, which can
not be universally condemned or forbidden
without rejecting upon the creation and
revelation of God, upon the character and
teaching of our Lord, and without removing
from the sphere of human life that great
law that the man who learns Self-control by
processes of temptation is a stronger man
than the man who withdraws himself en-
tirely from any risk of being tempted
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
WEYLER GIVES UP.
Report that the Cuban General Has
Resigned and Been Succeed
ed by Gen. Pando.

New York, Nov. ia private dis
patch was received in this city last
night from Madrid to the effect that
Gen. Weyler had resigned as captain
general of the Spanish army in Cuba
and that Gen. Pando had been named
by the government as his successor.
Madrid, Nov 19.-An official dispatch
received here from Manila says that the
insurgents have been defeated in en-
gagements with the Spanish troops
fought at Santa Cruz and Angrat, the
enemy losing 500 men killed and the
government loss being slight.
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 19.-Since
the general Cuban junta opened an Office
in this city a few weeks ago, active work
has been carried on here in the interests
Of Cuban independence. Twenty-one re.
cruits are said to have been forwarded
from this city to Cuba and party Of
eighteen is now being organized. All
the men secured for both parties are
said to be American citizens, few of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Capacity of a Corn Crib.

It is a safe rule in estimating the
size of a crib, to allow two cubic feet
to each bushel of corn. By cubic
bushel is meant 20 pounds of ear corn,
which is equivalent to So pounds of
shelled corn. The rule is to allow IA
pounds for cob in the fall and -
pounds in the spring after the corn has
been dried out perfectly. Two cribs
thirty feet long, six feet wide and ten
feet high, will by this rule hold l,SO0
bushels. Ten feet is too high to throw
corn easily with a scoop shovel, but
there can be two openings for each crib
extending down to within four or five
feet of the floor, and when the crib is
full to the bottom Of these, short boards
can be placed across them, as the crib
is filed, and most of the filling can be
done with ease. When the cribs must
be filed to the top, boy or man can
throw corn back to the ends and fill it,
so as to utilize all the space.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

what she was doing now The Spanish
minister is well pleased with the success
Of the Spanish loan. He received ca
bic message today saying that more than
$100,O00,0O0 had been subscribed, which,
he says, refutes the assertion that Spain
is poor and bankrupt nation unable
longer to carry on the Cuban war.
Washington. D. c., Nov. 17.-Gen.
today shortly before the cabinet meet
ing and saw only Mr.. Thurber. From
the fact that Secretary Olney was not
present at the cabinet meeting the I'M
derstanding prevailed that neither the
Cuban nor the Venezuelan question had
been under consideration by the cabinet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Hc1Dful Hints.

A pinch of salt added to the whites
of eggs makes them whip more easily.
In mixing cake dough use cups of
exactly the same size for measuring
the different ingredients.
Tansy is a sure preventive Of moths.
Sprinkle the leaves freely about Jour
Woolens and furs.
If a little vinegar is added to the
water in which white fish is boiled, the
fish will be firm and Of good color.
Do not set earthen dishes in hot
oven or upon the stove. It cracks the
glazing and renders them unfit for
use. The smell Of such dishes is very
disagreeable, and cases of poisoning
have been traced to their use.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
MANY PEOPLE KILLED.
Rotten Compress Goes Down with
Crash at Macon, Ca
Search for Bodies.

Macon, Ga. Nov. 20.-Thirty people,
5000 bales of cotton and hundreds of tons
of heavy timber all went down in one
loud crash at 7:3G O'Clock last night at
the Central railroad compress in this city.
Fourteen injured people, all employees of
the compress, have been removed from
the wreckage, but it is thought others are
beneath the cotton and lumber, and if so,
they are dead or will be before they can
be extricated. The injured are:
JOE PRICE, hip crushed.
JAMES LITTLE, right leg mashed.
ARK DICKENS, right hip mashed
RICHARD CHERRE, shoulder crushed.
ROBERT DICKINSON, face burned
JOHN WILLIAMS, face cut.
L. W. WILLIAMS, head badly bruised
II. d. THOMAS. shoulder badly bruised.
WASH BURNETT, face burned.
WILL GARREIT, cut over left eye.
JAMES BROWN, left leg badly crushed.
WILL BROWN, leg mashed.
j. A. CARVER, shoulder crushed
Supt. A. A. Gordon was in the middle
of the platform supervising the trucking
of cotton and went down in the midst
legs and arms. Several employees are
missing, and it is feared they are beneath
the wreck. The platform was 20 feet
high, $50 feet long and 40 feet wide.
Over 800 feet gave way without warn
ing, the supports being rotten
1t is believed that two teams and their
drivers were caught beneath the platform
as it extended over Poplar street, pub
lie thoroughfare, and the teams are said
to have been seen going under the plat
form just before it fell.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

Milwaukee-Fl our-Steady. Wheat--Low-
err; No. spring, 79c; No Northern, S24ac;
December, 76asc. Corn-Steady; No. 3, 241ac.
Oats-DuIl and lower; No. white, 200
201ac; No 3 white, 16a4@191ac. Barley
Steady; No. 2, 35036c; sample on track, 25M
36c. Rye-Steady; No. l, 3SM3S1ac. Pro-
visions Steadier; pork, 6.45; lard, $50.
Flour is held on the basis Of 4.60@4.65 for
patents in bbls in CARROTS; low grades, liz
jute, 1.5O@d. bakers I6 in wood :. 5o@3 60;
do in jute, $4,000. 40; rye, in bbls. 235@2.5 80
sacked bran, 7.75@800 for fine middlings;
white, do. soc.
Chicago -Wheat-Noyember, 76a4c,
December, THE: January, 791sc; May, 803s
@8015c; July, TIC. Corn-Noyember, 227s
023c; December, 23@231sc; January, 235sc;
May, 265g0l26Ac. Oats-November, 177sc;
December, 1876; May 211@GI213sc Pork
November, $50? December. $50; January,
7.40; May, 10. Lard-NoVember 3.65; De
cember 3.65M3. 671a; January, 3.85Ql38713;
May, 40 Ribs-NOyember, 800; ~Decem
Der, $50; January, 3.6712; May, 800 Rye
Cash. BE. Barley-Cash No. 3 new, 24@37c.
New York--Close-Wh S53s;
December, S5Mc; January, S6Mc; March,
SS7kc: May. S68sc Corn-Aay. 324c
st. Louis-Wheat-No 2 red elevator, SEQ
S61sc; track. 870S71Ac; December, SEC bid;
May SSHc asked. OatS-No. 2 cash, 1Sc
bid; May, 223sc. Rye-34c. FlaX--74c. Pork
-Jobbing 67007.20. Lard-3.60. Corn
No. 2 cash, 2112@213sc; December, 21Ac;
May 243Sc.
Minneapolis Wheat-Lower: Closed: No
yember, TIC; December, lie; May, 79Ac; ON
track No. 1 hard. 7SAc; No. l Northern,
The; No. . Northern, 76c.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Dairy Dots.

It is we'll to remember that culls will
come with the best of breeding. !
If a cow has a sore teat, milk very
carefully, and apply extract Of witch
hazel.
If cows teats are muddy or covered
with other filth, they should be washed
with water and then wiped dry before
beginning to milk.
With temperature under control and
churning direct at the right time, the
butter will come solid SO as to be easily
handled and free from buttermilk.
When the butter is marbled, it is
either caused by leaving too much but
ternilk in the butter at the last work
ing or the salt has not been distributed
evenly.
Much of the average farm butter con-
tains many Of the essentials OF good
quality, but because it fails in one or
more essentials it fails to bring best
prices.
The laws enacted during the past two
years with reference to Oleomargarine
seem to be slowly but surely reducing
the output Of the stuff, and they are GER
tainly of great benefit to the legitimate
dairy interests.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
FAMOUS ACTRESS DEAD.
Mrs. scott-siddons Expires at Her Home
in Paris.

London, Nov. 20.-French newspapers
at hand state that Mrs. Scott-Siddons,
famous a number of years ago as a
dramatic reader, died there last week,
and that her body was shipped to New
York Tuesday She had lived abroad
in the latter years of her life, in broken
health.
1t is reported that Mrs. Scott-Siddons
died of congestion of the lungs.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons was a great-grand-
daughter of the great Sarah Siddons.
She began her stage career in London
in 1867, giving readings from Shake
speare's plays, and later on made her
first appearance upon the regular stage
at the Haymarket theater in the char
acter Of Rosalind in ''As You Like It."
Her youth and beauty and influential
friends in the press all helped to make
her successful and for some time she
enjoyed considerable popularity both in
London and in the provinces. She first
came to the United States in 1868 after
which she acted in the Fifth Avenue
theater. She then returned to London
and acted in '"The Lady of Lyons" and
several Shakespearean characters as
well as III number of romantic plays
and melodramas.
Stolen Horse and Carriage Found.
Beloit, Wis, Nov. 1S.-[Special. IA
horse and carriage stolen Monday night
by men who robbed a store at Spring
Grove, in Green county. was recovered
in this city today The thieves evidently
turned the horse loose here.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Agricultural Atoms.

1t is easier to keep a farm in good
condition than to make it so.
Chinch bugs winter over among
dead grass, in corn shocks, piles of
rubbish, and along fences, especially
hedges.
The potato blight is on the increase.
Bordeaux mixture for blight and Paris
green for bugs will have to be kept in
stock by the potato grower.
For storing corn fodder, either shred
ded or bulk, any sort of shed that has
a rainproof roof will do. All that is
necessary is that it be kept dry.
Land that is rich enough to produce
crops on the intensive" plan does not
need rest, but a judicious rotation
must be kept up, with clover mixed in
somewhere.
Make YOUR cellars frost proof, white
wash them, and let them at all times
have light, and be capable of frequent
ventilation. A cellar may be of great
err value, or nuisance.
The preponderance Of evidence seems
to be against the replowing Of corn
land for wheat The land is in good
condition without blowing. Cut the
corn off low and drill il the wheat
To tell when pumpkins are ripe chip
them with the finger nail. If the nail
makes a swapping noise when break
ing through the rind it is ripe, but if
it makes no noise or the chip comes
off soft it is not ripe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Subsoi1 Flowing.

Subsoil blowing is peculiarly adapt
ed to fall work, when the ground is
apt to be dry. 1t is never the right
thing to subsoil land when wet down
where the subsoiler works. The
ground would be left in IL puddled con-
dition, and worse off than if left I'M
touched. Lands that are continually
dry are not improved by subsoiling, as
all moisture is absorbed by the bottom
LAYER Of SOIL For this reason spring
subsoil blowing is unfavorable, since
it should be done when the soil is COM
paratively dry. If it continues dry the
surface soil has no moisture for the
termination Of the crop, as it is alb
sorbed by the loose layers of soil be-
low. Fall subsoil blowing is therefore
safest and best.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Oatmeal Brown Bread.

One cup of rolled oats made into q
porridge, stir in it one cupful of mo-
lasses, one and one-half cupfuls of
lukewarm water, into which is dissolv-
ed one yeast cake and one teaspoonful
Of salt; knead into this mixture enough
-four to make a stiff dough; set over
night in warm place; put in pans next
morning; when light bake in rather
slow oven. bake mine one hour and
twenty minutes, or until I think it is
thoroughly cooked.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23

.,ouA- ~.nerW1Se have avoided IL.
A man may be pretty hard up financial
ly, and yet be all right. If his creditor
knows this and takes advantage Of it
in a time of financial unrest the debtor
and the whole business community are
wronged, usually with no advantage to
the creditor. No one is urged to take
any great risk for the sake Of accom-
modating a neighbor, yet all should
realize the good that little leniency
may do, and the harm that may result
from the opposite course.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
TORPEDO BOATS COLLIDE.
No. 50 of the French Navy Goes
Down with Sixteen
Sailors.

Brest, Nov. 2O.-The torpedo boats
known by the numbers SO and 61 of the
French navy came into collision during
the maneuvers of Cape de Lachevre
The former boat sank and its crew is
missing. No. 81 was also badly dam
aged and was towed here. No SO was
one of a series of thirty-fye boats whose
complement of men was sixteen. Her
length wass115 feet and she had speed
of twenty knots. No. 81 is slightly
smaller but also had a complement of
sixteen. men
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Cooking Potatoes.

The most wholesome way Of cooking
a potato is to bake it. A small piece of
the skin should be cut from the ends
before putting the potatoes in to bake.
If baked potato stands after it is
cooked it is likely to become soggy. To
avoid this, when the potato is done
fold it in a napkin and roll the potato
between the palms of the hands until
it cracks open. Treated in that way the
potato will be always mealy.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Pou1try Feedinc Rack.

For the bottom take a board 1 inch
thick, 6 inches wide and feet long,
ends inch thick, inches wide and 1S
inches long. Nail solid to ends of bot
tom; their ends flush with underside of
bottom. Two strips half an inch thick
and four inches wide are nailed to the
edges of the bottom, thus making a
trough three inches deep with ends
Ii inches high. Then take strips one
quarter inch thick, 3 inches wide and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
head Furrow a Nuisance.

The dead furrow is always a nut
sance in preparing land for a crop
unless it is upon wet lands, which
must necessarily be thrown into ridges
a couple of rods wide to carry off sur
face water. The reversing plow is
now used and highly recommended
when it is desirable to have lands
level. We shall investigate this revers-
ible pillow and report upon it's practical
utility another season.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Bank Closes It's Doors.

failure is due to heavy Withdrawals.
The bank is one Of the oldest institutions
in the city and was considered one of
the soundest The amount of the liabili-
ties is not yet known. The failure is
not believed to be a bad one
The banks liabilities to depositors at
the date of last report was $4O7, 900;
loans and discounts, 1892, 900. Bank
Examiner Blanding has been placed in
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
SPANISH MINISTER CHEERFUL.
Says the Campaign in Cuba is Like
Fighting Indians Here.

Says the Campaign IN Cuba is Like
Fighting Indians Here.
Washington, D. g., Nov. 1.-THE
Spanish minister, Senior Dupuy de LONE,
does not expect to hear of any decisive
battles in Cuba unless the Spanish troops
should be so fortunate as to corner the
Cubans. He says that Maceo has no
forces with which he can give battle.
The Spanish troops he thinks, will have
to chase the insurgents from place to
place, destroy their supplies and planta-
tions and prevent them from reaching the
sea, where they can secure new supplies.
In case Gen. Weyler's troops were able
to get the insurgents in a corner, there
might be a battle of some Importance,
but otherwise the Spanish minister does
not look for pitched battle. He says
the fighting must be like fighting Indians
in this country driving the insurgents
from one cover to another. He does not
look for important advices from Cuba,
except pssibly the death of Maceo, which
he believes would mean the end of the
war. He estimates the force which Ma
Geo is liable to collet and control at
5000 or 40UU men.
The subject Of hostilities between
Spain and the United States was men
toned and the Spanish minister met it
it was sensationalism He said that in
this country there were jingoists who
wanted to make Uncle Sam great
bully, whereas he was i Deaceable and
good-natured gentleman There was in
Spain class of jingoists who We're of
the same kind and who were always
anxious to stir up trouble. He said
that SPANS position was 10 take care of
her own and defend herself and that was
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Raised Graham Bread.

To four quarts Of Graham -four add
one teaspoonful of salt, half cup of SUI
gar, two quarts of water and one yeast
cake; let it rise over night; in the morn
ing mix, but do not add any more
flour; pour into tins; let rise, and steam
an hour, and then in the oven twenty
minutes. This will make two loaves.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
what Cultivation Does.

Soil in its natural state is more apt
to crack and fissure, and dries out
much sooner than soil that has been
stirred with an implement. Stirring
the soil gives it a more uniform tex
ture, and makes it more receptive and
retentive Of moisture. Thorough cul-
tivation enables the soil to hold more
water and feed more roots.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Minced Vea1and EGGS.

One quart of cold veal chopped rather
coarse, one teaspoonful lemon juice,
one cup of water, two tablespoonfuls Of
butter, one teaspoonful -four. Heat thor
oughly and dish on slices of bread
toasted. Put a dropped egg in the cen
ter Of each slice, and serve very hot.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
THIRTY LIVES LOST.
Fatal Firedamp Explosion in a
Colliery at Retclinghausen,
WaStphalia,

Berlin, Nov. ia firedamp explosion
has occurred in a colliery at Retcling
hansen, Westphalia Twenty-Five bod
les have been recovered and forty or fifty
men are known to be still entombed.
Eventually all but five of the entombed
men were rescued. The total number
of persons killed is about thirty.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-23
Good Coffee.

Take water just boiling, pour it over
finely ground, well-roasted coffee, al
lowing one teaspoonful of coffee to ev-
cry teacup of hot water; let boil up
well, settle, move on back Of range or
drink at once; it is never so good to let
it boil or stand a while after being
made.