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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24

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sight the employees refused to trust to
luck The firm had orders ahead, and
thousands Of dollars standing out, but
it could secure neither the old bills nor
advances upon new orders.
To-day the wages due those work
men still remain unpaid; hundreds Of
families are destitute, and prosperous
business has been ruined. Why? Be-
cause to meet the greed Of Wall street,
to enable a few to prosper at the down.
fall of many, a financial policy is main
tanned which enables money sharks
to corner the outlets of cash, and to
force the merchant and manufacturer
to try to float a successful business
upon Understanding paper. With the
single gold standard the country is at
the mercy Of the money lending classes,
and it is upon the poor that the taxa
ton falls the heaviest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24

his fellow workman. SO the Empower
ishment of the farmer must be reflected
in curtailed demand and lessened pro
duction in manufactured goods, and
consequent enforced idleness and lower
wages to factory hands.
Thus, we find the farmer impover-
ished and buying less Of manufactured
goods. and the wage-earner, equally I'M
puverished, obliged to economic in his
purchases of the products Of the farm.
SO we find curtailed demand for COM
modities in general. Indeed, for every
thing save gold there is a curtailed de-
mand, and the only exceptions to the
resulting and general fall in prices are
where the supply Of some article has
been restricted, either as the result of
natural causes or arbitrary restrictions
on the production Of such products as
are monopolized. But for gold the de-
mand is greater than ever. Those str1v-
ing to secure gold or it's equivalent IN
exchange for their products are ever
and anon offering a larger quantity of
products of their labor to obtain this
precious gold, that grows more valua-
BILE, greater and greater in purchasing
power, from day to day. So, from day
10 day, gold goes up as prices go down.
Yet still the demand for gold for ex-
port is unslackened Our products are
lower than ever before, yet not low
enough to attract that foreign buying
of our products, that great export OF our
commodities in excess of imports, as
will suffice to pay our indebtedness
abroad, aside from that incurred on ac-
count of purchases Of merchandise,
and thus make unnecessary the export
of Philadelphia North American.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
Caught the Bishop.

4 good story is told on the venerable
Bishop Whipple. The scene is laid IN
st. Paul, and the story runs as follows:
One evening in the fall, and after dark.
as the bishop was walking along the
street he noticed a little fellow trying
to ring the door bell of a fine residence.
He was too short to do any more than
reach it, and although he stood on his
tiptoes and stretched vigorously, no
sound came from the bell. The kind
hearted prelate felt called upon to as
sist him, and so, ascending the steps,
asked:
"Shall l help you, my little man?"
The boy intimated that such a course
would be gratifying to him, and the
bishop rang the bell. Thereupon the lit
tie fellow remarked:
'Now we'd better both run like h-:
and decamped as rapidly as possible.
1t took the bishop just a moment to
remember that it was halloween, and
it is said that he made tracks and got
around the corner about as rapidly as
did the little boy.-Wabasha (Minn.)
Hora1d
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
No Small Boys.

There are no more small boys, the
London Chronicle observes. The variety
of our species that once bore the name
now consists of mere old men of stunted
growth. The modern mind seems to
come to full age at about Z. At Bow
county court, two weeks ago, one of
these old men in short jackets personal
ly conducted his own case for compensa-
ton against a neighbor whose cat had
killed his pigeons. The defendant, a
mother of seven, was no match for him,
and he obtained judgment with COSTS
Nothing could exceed his GOODNESS, his
self-possession, and his skill in Selling
alleged offender was only kitten, and
was therefore incapable of the deed
1t was a founding and had sought an
asylum at her house on the day her
youngest child was born. and your
boy is four years DID, promptly returned
the plaintiff, so your honor can see
what kind of kitten it is" The de-
PENDANT feebly endeavored to show that
a bird produced by the plaintiff as evil
dence of recent slaughter had been dead
some days, and was in fact "high." 1t
was all in vain; she was ordered to pay
two shillings monthly until the claim
was settled. Twill your lordship put
the money in the hospital box as it
comes in?' said the plaintiff, loftily,
as he left the court. '1See his impu-
dence," said the discounted defendant.
That's only said to be cheeky to the
court. He once called my husband an
'undigested liar " And with this the
c1rtain fell
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
Gold Will Come Back.

The advocates of the single gold
standard claim that the free coinage Of
silver will drive our gold to Europe.
The reverse is true. 1t will bring gold
from Europe. England can buy ten
pounds of cotton or a bushel Of wheat
in silver-standard countries for an
ounce of silver. Because our minis are
closed to silver we are forced to sell
England their silver at her own terms
about 70 cents an ounce now. If we
sell wheat or cotton to England we
,nust take the price of an ounce of sill
yer for it, If the silver goes up, wheat
and cotton go up. If silver goes down,
wheat and cotton go down.
Under free coinage an ounce of silver
: worth $1.20 Under free coinage Eng
land would have to pay that price for
our silver. and wheat, cotton, wool and
all farm products would rise proper
tionately. We buy millions Of dollars
worth of goods OF England. We sell
Yer our silver and our surplus farm
PRODUCTS. When we receive fair prices
Tor our silver and products. there is a
large balance coming to us each year
sitter paying for what we buy OF her
and the interest on what we owe her.
And that makes us prosperous and fills
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
ABOVE A THUNDERCLOUD.
A Sensational Balloon Experience in
Austria.

The Vienna Neue Freie Presse reports
a recent experimental ascension with an
entirely new spherical balloon, which
enabled the ascending officers to report
q number of very interesting scientific
observations Although the balloon re-
NAMED at height Of from $500 to 1000
feet for four hours, during which time
no ballast had to be thrown out The
balloon remained quite steady and in
the most perfect balance. During this
time a thunder storm broke beneath the
balloon, and Capt. Trieb noticed how,
shortly before the lightning commenced,
portions of clouds would rise up CON
siderably over the rest Of the clouds,
only to fall back. Upon this apparition
the captain has based his theory Of
aerial waves. which, he claims, are in
most intimate relation with electrical
storms. The two aeronauts suffered
considerably from the burning sun, being
exposed to the scorching rays for seven
hours The balloon landed 220 miles
from Vienna, the landing being effected
according to the new method recently
introduced in the aeronautic regiment.
The military balloons do not carry an
chors any more. the landing being eff
fected by means Of drag ropes aud an
automatic arrangement which tears the
balloon at the top as soon as the car
touches the ground. Through the rent
the gas escapes within a few seconds
and the former dangers of landing are
absolutely avoided.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
Carlisle in 1878.

I shall not enter into an examination
Of the causes which have combined to
.iepreciate the relative value of silver
and to appreciate the value Of gold since
1873, but am one of those who believe
that they are transient and temporary
in their nature, and that when they
have passed away, or have been re-
moved by the separate or united actions
Of the nations most deeply interested
in the subject, the old ratio of actual
and relative value will be re-establish-
ed on a firmer foundation than ever. /
know that the worlds stock of precious
metals is none too large, and l see no
reason to apprehend that it will ever
become so. Mankind will be fortunate,
indeed, if the annual production of gold
and silver coin shall keep pace with the
annual increase Of population, COM
merce and industry. According to my
view of the subject, the conspiracy
which seems to have been formed here
and in Europe to destroy by legislation
and otherwise from three-sevenths to
one-half the metallic money Of the
world is the most gigantic crime Of this
or any other age.-John G. Carlisle,
Fob 81 1873
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
THE PERENNIAL PEA.
A Beautiful Flower-Vine Well Woath Gull
tivating for Trellis Decorations.


The vine of the perennial pea grows
much taller and thriftier than that of
the sweet pea, and it can be used III many
place where low trailer would be use
less. and after it is once established it
minds neither the northern winter nor
the southern sun. Those OF us who live
where the summers are long, hot and
dry know that the sweet pea is apt to die
away before the GUNNER is half gone,
unless special care is taken to keep it
we'll watered and the seed pods all picked
off, Even then they sometimes succumb
to the fierce heat so foreign to their ma
ture. But wel-rooted plants Of the per-
ennial pea, whose long, large roots pene-
trate to the cool, moist subsoil below,
stand an ordinary drought with IMMUNITY,
and are in constant bloom from early in
the season until the coming of autumn
Last summer | had not q vine that
gave me more pleasure than my peren-
NAL peas, trained up to my sitting room
windows. so that the friendly blossoms
could nod their pretty heads at me each
time that [ looked their way The
flowers are larger and rounder than those
of the sweet pea, and the colors are soft
and clear. Three to eight blooms are
borne in compact clusters at the end OF
the long flower stalks, making them just
right for cut flowers or to wear fer cor
sage bouquets. The colors are white,
pale and deep rose, scarlet and yellow.
The last two shades are as yet extremely
rare. All the colors AIRED esirable, but
the white is perhaps the most useful Of
all, as it is SO fine for cutting.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
CABBAGEs ON VINES.
"A New Deal III Vegetables Made by Ma
ture in Iowa.

"A New Deal in Vegetables Made by Ma
ture in Iowa.
S. r. Buffum, market gardener liv-
ING near Lake Park, Ia, has one of
the most remarkable vegetables on rec
ord. In his cabbage patch last year
occurred 'sport," by which plant,
instead of making a head in true cab
bage style. assumed the form of a vine.
At the axis of it's leaves thirteen cab
bage heads of about two pounds weight
were formed. The plant went to seed,
something unusual for first year cab
bage. The seeds were formed in the
usual manner. all the earliest cabbages
on the vine throwing out a seed stalk.
Mr.. Buffum saved the seed, and, on
planting it this year, it grew well, and
vine-like habit Of the parent, although
the majority have returned to the natur-
al form of cabbage. 1t is believed, how
ever, that the vine variety can be es-
tablished.
Mr. Buffum has been experimenting
with the plants and finds that if the
heads are cut off as soon as they at
tain weight of about one pound, the
vine, like cucumbers, will continue to
form large number of heads. The
variety of cabbage from which the sport
occurred was Salzer's Lightning. The
vine cabbage is the most grOtesque APP
pearing plant imaginable. The leaves
are thrown out in pairs and the cabbages
lie around under them like pumpkins.
The vines are about ten feet in length.
The new variety is bound to become
popular owing to its remarkable bearing
qualities, and also because it natures
cabbage within two months from date
of 7o1o
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
JolIies the Old Gent.

A pretty story of Prof. Herkomer is
told in one Of the London papers. His
aged father who lives with him in his
splendid home at Bushey, used to model
in clay in his early life lie has recent,
Iy taken to it again; but his fear is that
soon his hands will lose their skill, and
his work will show the marks OF imper-
lection It is his one sorrow. At night
he goes to his early rest, and when he
has gone. Herkomer. the talented son.
goes into the studio. takes mp his fathers
feeble attempts, and makes the work as
beautiful as art can make it, When
the old man comes down in the morning
he takes the work and looks at it, and
rubs his hands and says: ''Ha! [ can do
as well as ever / didr'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
Profit ON Pennies.

All the minor coins, sue has pennies
and nickels, are made at the Philadel-
phia mint, and nearly 100,000,000 pen
MES are coined there every year. This
large number is occasioned by the fact
that thousands of pennies are lost an
oually, and the Government has some
difficulty in maintaining supply. The
nrofit Of the Government on their man
ufacture is large. The blanks for max
ire them are purchased for 81 a thou
sand from a Cincinnati firm that pro-
duces them by contract. Blanks for
uickels are obtained in the same way,
costing Uncle Sam o7iiy a cent and a
!,alf apiece. Gold is coined in both the
Philadelphia and San Francisco mints,
bat there is not enough Of it comes into
the mint at New Orleans to make the
coinage Of it worth while at that point.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
Fish Stories.

They were telling fish stories.
The usual yarns were spun and every
one tried to Guido the others, except one
old man, who took no part.
Didn't you ever ish?'' asked one.
"Was raised on the Kennebec river,
up in Maine, and never did much but
fish, was the quiet reply.
What was the most fish you ever
caught in day?'
Three
Three? Oh, you are joking.
No. i amt. 1t was. near the mouth Of
the Kennebec river There was a storm
at sea; andfthe fish were driven into the
river Then the water went down and
they couldn't get back, and [ got some
log chains, hitched mules to them and
dragged them out.
What kind of fish were theyY'
Whales And the old man shifted
his tobacco to the other cheek and looked
truthful Washington Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24

matte weighing machine serve a good
purpose. Daniel Webster has been quot
ed for the way in which, in one of his
speeches, he emphasized 1.-THE tremendous
power of 6 per cent" Certainly the in
vestor of today looks sharply enough to
the difference of 1 per cent. in the rate of
interest chargeable against him. But
does he look as closely to the other COM
ponents of the cost For instance
recent experiments indicate that the an
thracite coal generally used for steam
making will hold about 4 per cent. of
water without much dripping; and much
of that coal is ''watered'' to this extent
before delivery. If, now, the coal pile
be replenished twice year with wet
coal, it is evident that the buyer pays
the interest rate plus 8 per cent. of the
purchase price as the cost of the capital
employed in carrying the fuel account
Although the coal cannot, for obvious
reasons, always be obtained dry, the dry
ing may be readily effected in nearly all
power stations before the coal reaches
the bins by using heated air drawn from
the upper part of the boiler room. Then,
by weighing in through an automatic
weigher and reweighing in the same
way, first to the bins and next directly
to the furnaces, all of the required facts
are obtained The first weighings, by
showing the amounts taken in and deliv-
cred to the bins Indicate the evaporation
and a comparison of the records of the
second and third readings will show, at
any time, the amount held in storage in
each bin, besides giving the amount
chargeable to each set of boilers. Fran
els III. Richards in Casters Magazine
fo,,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
FOUND MANY RELICS.
Stone Hatchets, Spears, Indian Darts,
Cannon Balls and Other Things.

stone adCCROCS, spears, 0dEls-
Cannon Balls and Other Things.
An Egg Harbor City, n. j., dispatch
to the New York Herald of July 20
says: Many curiosities have been discov-
cred in the last few days in the dark and
gloomy pines at Chestnut neck, on the
Mullica river, near the new bridge This
is about twelve miles southeast from this
city. The discovery was first made sew
eral days ago, when j. W. Johnson, q
farmer, who lives near the spot, found a
spear head. This led him TO believe that
Indians had dwelt in that section years
ago.
He spread the news of his discovery,
and early yesterday Daniel Rose, Frank
Johnson Richard Collins and j. w.
Johnson made a search and secured
through the dense forests. At length
they became tired and weary and were
about to give up, thinking they were on
a wild goose chase, when they suddenly
spied large field in the midst of the
forests. They succeeded in reaching the
field and soon found an abundant supply
of cannon balls scattered around.
Making a further search they discov-
cred stone Ratchet, some spears, fire.
heads and other things. When leaving
the field they passed over what is wide
ly known as the Chestnut Neck sandhills,
and there found partly embedded in the
ground a bone. They found that it was
part of human skeleton. Chief of Po-
lice George w. Senft of this city went up
to the field this morning to make furth-
err search for relics and succeeded in dis
covering several Indian skulls and va
rious parts of bodies, besides many can
non balls and Indian darts.
1t is believed that this was a battlefield
where the Indians met the Englishmen
many years ago. Several hundred yards
from the ground, in the neck of the
Mullican river, it is plainly evidenced that
a large warship had once landed and
there went to ruin. Whatever became
of it's occupants is a mystery that re-
mains to be solved.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
AMERICANIZED CnINAMEN.

How Yankee Sign-Painters Sophisticate
Oriental Names.
It is rather amusing to note the GU
rious DISCUSSES under which Chinese
names appear Oh the laundry signboards
so thickly scattered through our cities
1t is the natural result of the China
mans imperfect acquaintance with Eng
fish, and the sign painters absolute ig-
norance of Chinese.
For instance, John goes to the painter
and explains Want paint washee-
washee."
All right-what's your name?" asks
the painter.
Name Cha Iii Ling replies the ORR
entail; and down it goes on the sign:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24

our banks with gold. But when Eng
land can buy our silver cheap-as she
can now-we have to sell our products
cheap and we do not realize enough
from them to pay our interest and for
the goods we buy. So we make up the
balance with gold.-Oswego Palladium.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
MINCE PIE COCKTAILS.

Something New Comes Out OF Jersey, the
Land of Applejack.
One Of the latest discoveries in the line
of cocktails is known as the mince pie
cocktail. 1t is made of Jersey aDplejack,
yellow chartreuse bitters and dash of
the oil of lemon rind. The originat-
or of the drink gave it a name from
the remark made by an old customer
whom he coaXed to try one. The old
gentleman shifted it and said ''Why,
it smells just like the filing of the mince
pies my nanny use to make. And it
tastes like 'em, too" he said moment
later-NeW York Sun
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
Counting the Miles.

The speed of railway train in miles
per hour can it is claimed. be found by
counting the number of rails over which
a car wheel passes in 2O.3 seconds. be-
cause 20.3 seconds bears the same ratio
to an hour that 80 feet the length of a
rail, bears to a mile. The fshplates or
the thumps may be counted. Thus, sup
posing that thirty thumps are made
by a wheel in 2O.3 seconds. the train is
miles IN hour
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24

An English exchange tells of real
Mrs. Darlington. She walked into the
office of the judge of probate and asked:
"Are you the judge of reprobates?" Il
am the Judge of probate was the re-
ply. well. that's it. | expect" quoth
the lady; you see, my husband died de
tested. and left me several little infdels.
and / want to be appointed their execu-
TONER York Tribune.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
CHAs. @. LEE.
First-Class
Chinese
Laundry.

1t is often alleged that the Chinese never
become truly American, but here was a
Chinaman pretty thoroughly American
lied, one would fancy. It was from the
bumptious sign painter, however, that he
got his naturalization pers.-Boston
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
CHARLIE LING.


1t is surprising the number of these
Charles who wear pig-tails, but it al
Gated.
One sign painter did still better. The
applicant gave his name as Cha Ku Ii,
This in due time appeared on a square
red board as follows:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24
a Perfect Circle.

When anything is very round it is
often said to be ''round as Giotto's o.
Giotto was Florentine shepherd boy in
the Thirteenth century and in after life
rose to eminence as painter. sculptor
and architect While still at his home
his local reputation attracted the atten-
ton Of Cimabue. who was searching for
artists and architects to adorn the cathe-
drals of Pope Boniface VIII. The Pope
asked Giotto to give some evidence of
his skill as a draughtsman and artist
and Giotto astonished the messengers by
striking off at once in a free-hand way
circle so nearly perfect as to be marvel
GUS
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-24

The noblemen executed for having
joined Prince Charles Edward the Pre-
tender, we're Lords Derwentwater, Bal
merina, Lovat and Kilmaynock.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-22

"Silver Medal Flour" makes the
finest bread. Use it.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-01-22
Governor Jones Condition..

w. Il. Hanford, Private Secretary
Of Governor Jones, returned Sunday
from San Francisco. where he was
with the Governor for the last ten
days. He says three physicians. one
of whom was Er. Hirschfelder, held a
consultation. but did not agree as to
the cause Of the Governors illness.
The physicians were discharged from
the case and the patient is now under
the care Of the Drs. Cook. There was
great functional arrangement for
some time, but since the change of
treatment his liver, kidneys and bow
els are acting naturally and the only
trouble is with his stomach.
Mr.. Hanford says the Governor is
much better than when he reached
his bedside ten days ago. He gets
up occasionally without assistance
and walks around the room. He is
much emaciated, but his mind is just
as clear as it ever was, and he is con
tident that he will recover.
Yesterday Afternoon Attorney Gen
eral Beatty received dispatch from
Mrs. Jones announcing a continued
improvement and development OF
symptoms looking to the Governors
recovery.--Carson Tribune.