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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-31
Kitchen Telephones.

nent of cheap kitchen telephones. fhey
are furnished at the rate of 80 cents
month. This telephone the company re-
quires to be placed in the kitchen only
where it can be readily used 70 the
butcher, grocer, coal dealer, physician
or druggist, etc. These telephones
however, are for outward service cniy,
to which limitation is due the fact that
they can be proftably rented 50 cheaply,
no arrangement being made at the cen
trail station for being called up. It is
claimed that those who have awaited
themselves of this service find it as nee
essary to their household us gas or
water.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-31
Country and City Papers.

AS a rule, the country newspapers
are owned by the men who publish
them. They rarely have any outside
owners or bosses. 1t is very evident
today that the boiling Of the big city
dailies is cutting a very small figure ii
the present campaign. Their carica-
lures ridiculing the farmer. their de-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-31
THE FIELD OF LABOR.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE
WAGE WORKERS.
Wonderful Growth of the Carpenters
Brotherhood-Trad Unions Want
Arb. tration- Gaynor on ANARCHY"
Striking Tai1ors ttend Church.
brotherhood of Carpenters.

brotherhood OF Carpenters.
The consolidation of the three Eng
lish unions of Detroit carpenters into
one body under the banner of the
Brotherhood was effected Tuesday
night OF last week, when it's charter
was presented by L. E. Tossy, vice
president of the international body.
The union has about 600 members, the
German union some 400 and the Eng
lsh society Of carpenters from 20 to 80.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners Of America was founded at
Chicago in August, 1881. At first it
had only twelve local unions and 2,042
members. In ten years ii has grown
to number over S15 local unions, in over
724 cities, and 84,376 enrolled members.
It pays a wife funeral benefit of from
$50 to $50; members funeral benefit
$500 to $500, and disability benefits
.S-tvU. IN these general benefits
$72,613 has been expended the past
year, and $293, 549 the past ten years,
while $571, $50 more was spent for sick
benefits by the local unions. It has
raised the wages in 531 cities and plac-
ed $5,60O,O00 more wages annually in
the pockets Of the carpenters in those
cities. 1t reduced the hours Of labor to
eight a day in forty six cities and nine
hours day in 1913 cities, not to speak
of 432 cities which have established
the eight or nine-hour system on Sat
urday. BY this means $50 more men
havn Ua o6 oroD1ovnopt
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-31
TAX DEED NOTICE.
Notice of the Expiration Of the
Time for the Redemption Of
Lands Sold for Taxes
for the Year 1893.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, |
Villas County, Wisconsin.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the following
lots or tracts of land sold May 10TH i'll the
year 1894, for the taxes due and unpaid for
the year 1893, remain unredeemed in the Of
flee of the county clerk of Villas county,
Wisconsin; that opposite the description OF
each tract or lot or part thereof, in the fol
lowing list, is the name of the person, il any,
to whom assessed and the amount of taxes,
interest and charges calculated to the last
day of redemption due on each.
Now, therefore, unless the taxes, interest
and charges set opposite the tracts herein
described shall be paid or before the 10Th
day of May, 1897, the said tracts of land
shall be forfeited and will be conveyed to
the purchaser or purchasers in pursuance OF
the statutes in such case made and provided.
Dated at Eagle River, Wis, August %,
1896 G. FRANCIS COLMAN,
County Clerk, Villas Co., Wis
,EnMn 40 Rance 4. ,Enwn 90 Mouth Of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-31
Labor Wants Transportation.


The action of trades unions on both
sides of the Atlantic is more than
a new expression of an old demand,
saws the August Century. 1t expresses
what is largely new demand. The
interest of nearly all men engaged in
industry has long been opposed to
war. Capital is wasted at an appalling
rate by the modern method of fighting,
and this waste reduces the wage-pay-
ing capacity of employers. War, as it
were. sterilizes the earth. The work
ingman finds himself in less fruitful
environment because of the reduction
in the outfit Of working appliances
that war occasions. You cannot beat
the pruning hooks of the world into
swords and still gather as much wheat
as before. withdrawing power
shrinks and wages fall by reason OF
such wastes. Debts that have to be
paid by indirect taxation press dis
proportionately on workingmen. It is
always aborers more than others who
have to face muskets; they are the
rank and file OF. armies. Even if they
keep out of the field they suffer by in
flated prices. Goods are dear in time
of war; measured in commodities,
wages in America were at their low
est in 1865.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-08-31
Judge Gaynor on "Anarchy."

It is time for moral courage. De
pend upon it. in this hour Of weakness,
hesitation and desertion, the great mind
and heart Of the unselfsh, intelligent
people is not faltering Through masses
Of sophistry and masses Of immaterial
fact and fiction their aggregate intell
gence sees with sound vision; and
though some things may not be shaped
in platform declaration is they would
have them, nevertheless they see and
understand the main purpose and are
steadfast to it, Their ranks are not
disordered by the shameless cry Of
Anarchist and Socialist" Such free
use is likely to provoke the inquiry
whether the comparatively few who
have, in a generation or less, amassed,
and who are now amassing, vast inflat-
ed fortunes out of the public by the is
suing Of untold millions of fraudulent
bonds and stocks upon public privi-
leges and franchises, to pay interest
and dividends upon which proportion
ate tribute is levied upon nearly every
community in the county, whether
they are not the anarchists, the endan-
gerers Of our institutions and social or
der, instead of those who think it
wholesome and wise that such state
of things and the unrest and democrat
ization caused by it should not con-
tinue.-William J. Gaynor
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14

The reception given last evening at the
Armory Opera House in honor OF the
graduating class OF the Michigan Mining
School was pronounced social success,
and no doubt the students, the end OF
whose years OF hard WORK it marked. will
remember 1t with pleasure for long time
to come.
The fact OF the party coming after a
dearth OF amusements OF like character
made the enjoyment OF the young people
the more keen and dancing was kept up
until old Sol had begun to light up the
eastern horizon. The inspiring music Of
the Fifth Regiment band added to the
zest OF the dancing. The band rendered
some new music and was particularly
good in the rendition OF the various two
steps on the program.
The guests were received by Judge Hub
bell and Hon. T. b. Dunstan, Of the
board OF control, with their wives; Mr..
and Mrs. A. F. Rees, and a reception CON-
mittee OF students. During the reception
proper the band rendered several fine Sc
lections.
The hall was deliberately decorated,
bunting and yacht signal flags forming
the principal part. Light refreshments
were served during the evening in the
supper room. Fully 200 couples were in
attendance, including number from Cal
umet and Lake Linden.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
Tybee's Tower.

One of the objects which invariably at
tract the interest Of voyagers approaching
Savannah by sea is the tiny round tower
n few hundred feet distant from the light
house ut Tybee island, on the Georgia side.
With the aid of good pair of marine
glasses the tower can be deserted as built
of stone and apparently hoary with age.
Indeed, the native Georgian has no greater
pleasure than to pour into the astonished
ears of northerners the tale that it was
erected 10y the Spanish about the same
time as the structures of st. Augustine.
But the hard and rather unpoetic facts of
the case are that the United States govern
ment built the place as "A defense against
the British in 1912.
1t is termed in military parlance mar
tello tower, being copied from similar de-
fenscs erected along the English coasts
when Napoleon was threatening To invade
Britain. The tower saw some little active
service in the civil war, of course, but was
even then not more dangerous or stronger
than stone dwelling.
At present IL is used rs n reporting and
signal station, and during the bathing
season It Is n favorite visiting place for
the guests of the fashionable hotels at
Tybee Beach, the noted southern seaside
resort. There are few objects on our
coasts more striking and picturesque than
the tower mt Tybee, and IL only lacks
few legends of Spanish possessions, sieges,
etc, To make IL famous. -Philadelphia
Times
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR.
ropsc For tho Week Beginning Aug. 10.
Comment by Rev. n. n. Doyle

ropsc For tho Week beginning Aug. 10.
Comment by Rev. \. n. Doyle.
ToPIo.-Seeing God In nature.-Ps. xix, 10;
sxiv, 10
The thing created always speaks OF
the Creator. IL proves the existence Of a
Creator, and more than that it tells us
much OF His character and His power.
God created the natural world. "In the
beginning God created the heavens ano
the earth. " Naturally, therefore, we
would expect nature to speak Of God,
and that much about God could be seen
in nature. This is the fact. The invisi-
BILE things are seen by the things that
do appear
i. In nature we see proof OF Gods
existence. The existence of the world
proves Gods existence. A thing created
must have had creator Every effect
must have had cause. The world is an
effect. There was time when il did
not exist. Science as well as Scripture
teaches this fact. 1t must have had
beginning and a creator. The adapta-
ton Of everything in the universe
proves that the world must have had an
intelligent cause. II there is no God,
who made the world is question athe-
ism has never been able to satisfactorily
answer, and never will be. There is
only one explanation of this worlds ex.
istence and that is that il was brought
into existence by an intelligent and all
powerful Being. That supreme Being is
God
2. In nature we see the glory Of God.
"The heavens declare the glory of God.
and the armament showeth His handi-
work. +" All nature, from the brilliant
orb OF the heavens to the tiniest dew
drop that nestles in the bosom of the
blade of grass ut our feet, testifies to the
exceeding riches Of the glory of God.
3. In nature we see the ownership OF
God. The earth is the Lords and tn,
fullness thereof, the world and they
that dwell therein As part of the
world we belong to God He has made
US. The thing made belongs to the
maker. In giving ourselves and our all
to God, we are only giving Him His
own. and we should all acknowledge
His ownership.
4. In nature we see the goodness and
providential care Of God. How good is
this Creator to all that He has created,
and how careful and thoughtful for all
His creationl He hath clothed the grass
Of the field, adorned the lily with beauty
and splendor, and not sparrow falleth
to the ground without His notice. If so
careful Of such transient things, how
wonderfully careful He will be for the
highest part Of His creation-man.
Nature tells us much about God, but
not how we can be reconciled to God.
1t speaks of estrangement, but not of
forgiveness. This we have in the re-
vealed word of God. Let us not neglect
it, even for nature,
Bible Readings Gen. i, Is; viii,
22; Elk. Xxx. IL; Deut. x, IA; job
xxxviii, 24-4l; Ps. viii, 10; xiv, /;
l, l; &c, 2; lisa. xl. 1924; Jer xxxxi,
80; Math. vi, 5000; Acts xiv, IL
xvii, 22-aS; Rom. i, i7-19; Cor. K. 80,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14

A very pleasant outing was given yes
terday by Mr.. l.. Hennes IN honor OF his
guests from Detroit. The party left Lake
Linden on the tug Annie X. Hennes and
at Houghton were joined by another
party, and the pleasure barge Pilgrim
was there taken. They then went to the
canal, where few hours were spent on
the beach. An orchestra was aboard
and dancing proved a source OF pleasure
during the day. The whole party num-
bered about thirty.fve and included
some from Calumet. Mr.. and Mrs. +. A.
Schultz and daughter, Miss Laura Hen
nee, Frank Huetteman, Fred Cramer,
and Tony and Charles Boddo, in whose
honor the excursion was given, left today
by boat for their homes in Detroit.
They have been visiting friends here Tor
some time past. and the last five gentle
men we're most favorably impressed with
their first visit to the copper country.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14

The Baraga base ball team will play
the Houghtons at the Mining School
park Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
The Hougbton boys will make heroic ell
forts to take game from the sawdust
team and a good many Of their admirers
think they will break even hnot win
both games. II they can avoid the disas-
trous inning in which they usually loose
their games with the Baragas the boys
should give a good account OF them
selves. With the exception OF one yellow
inning in each game the Houghtons have
played superior ball to their rivals and
the score has usually been close one.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
COLOR LINE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
y Is rs Strongly Drawn There a. In Any
Part of America.

Is rs Strongly Drawn There as In Any
Part Of America
IL rarely II ever happens that a native,
whatever his rank, is received on any So
cial occasion inside white house Indeed
he would seldom be permitted except al a
domestic servant, TO enter private house
at all When Khama the famous chief Of
the Ba- Mangwato, a Christian, and a man
of admittedly high character, who has
ruled his people with singular wisdom and
ability, was in England last autumn and
was There entertained at lunch by the Duke
OF Westminster and other persons Of social
eminence, the news excited general annoy
ance and disgust among the whites In
South Africa A story was told me OF a
garden party given by the wife OF lead
ing white ecclesiastic, the appearance at
which Of native clergyman led many Of
the white guests TO withdraw in dudgeon.
Once, when was guest at a mission
station in Basutoland, was asked by my
host whether l had any objection to his
bringing In to the family meal the native
pastor, who had been preaching to the ma
tive congregation. When expressed some
surprise that he should think it necessary
to ask, he explained that race feeling was
30 btrOnR HHlOHR tne colOulSts tnht III Woulu
have been deemed improper and, indeed,
insulting to make IA white guest sit down
at the same table with black man unless
special permission had first been given.
Thus one may say that there Is no social
intercourse whatever between the races
Their relations are purely those of bust
ness. Now and then the black man gets
ahead Of the white, but the latter pride Of
race remains. l was told of white who
condescended to be hired to work by
Kaffir, but stipulated that the Kaffir should
address him as boss p"
OF intermarriage there is, of course, no
question. 1t Is not forbidden by law in
the two British colonies, as 1t is in most,
II not all, of the southern states Of Amer
ca, but il is excessively rare nor does 1t APP
pear that there are now other irregular I'M
ions outside marriage, as there constantly
were in the old days while slavery existed
In this respect the case of South Africa re-
markably resembles that Of the southern
states, where also there Is now very little
mixture of blood, though there was great
deal 90 years ago. Probably in both cases
1t is better that the races should not mingle
their blood, for the white race would be
likely to lose more than the black race
would gain.-James Bryce, NJ. r.. in Cen
tury.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
The Valley of shadow.

In various places and on many occa
sions does Jesus pledge us to meet Hin
in this life-at the cross, in the sicra
ment, in the cries of joy and SORROW
and now once again He appoints us .
meeting place. 1t is the Valley of the
Shadow, where, in the quietness and
seclusion AS in the lovers glade, He will
expect us one day. !, Is there any spot on
earth so common or 30 wild that it has
not been transformed by love? Are there
any places in our thought so beautiful
as those where we kept tryst with those
that were dearer than life? So Jesus
ss~ put fair face ON death, SO that it
becometh but His dark disguise as He
returneth to receive US home. John
Watson.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14

A. Mr.. Carlyle, an actor OF years OF
experience, will give a Shakesperean
reading at Hartman's Hall next Wednes-
day evening. Romeo and Juliet is the
play selected. Mrs. j. A. Hubbell and
Messrs. ID. Calverly and j. +. HAM
bitter have taken upon themselves the
arrangements for the evening. A more
extended notice will be given later. Mr..
Carlyle hopes to arrange for an outdoor
rendition OF Gas You Like It" some time
next month, probably at the Onigaming
club with number OF local people in the
cast. These latter entertainments are
very popular just now below.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
For Christ and the Church.

There are ii societies of Christian
Endeavor in the Grace Baptist temple
of Philadelphia, of which Rev Russell
II. Conwell is pastor.
Some keen witted Endeavorers of
Union, s. c., during the warm weather
are distributing fans bearing list Of
church and Christian Endeavor services.
The Junior Christian Endeavor soci-
ety in the Philadelphia church Of which
Rev. J. r. Miller. d. d.. is pastor re-
Gently decided to attend church every
Sunday morning in body.
So strong was their desire for the in.
spiration of a Christian Endeavor con-
vention that four young men of Chehalis
county, Wash. walked 10 miles through
a heavy rain in order to be present at the
county convention.
A creche, where parents may leave
their children while they are at work,
is conducted by Christian Endeavor
society in Toronto These same En-
deavorers have opened a public reading
room in the church building.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
COMFY ISLAND.
A Modern English Discoverer Of New
York's Great Summer Resort.


had pointed out to me the other day
a man who discovered Coney Island-some
two decades later than most of us, to be
sure, but none too late for his own salts
faction. Mr.. Shelley Of the Oriental hotel
was exhibiting him.
"I-ah--saw the place from-ah-the
deck Of the-ah-steamer coming ovah,
said he, "and I-ah-thought I'd see what
sort of a place IL was, don't you know.
And, upon me word, find 1t most aston
ishing at the-ah--cheaper end, you know,
and doosid comfortable heah. "
His formal and deliberate manner Of
putting his pince nez glasses up to his eyes,
after much bother with the chain to which
they were attached, suggested a perpetual
alertness for discovery. He never merely
looked at anything. One cannot call the
work of an astronomer looking at
things" and this Englishman brought
the same effort and aid of glasses to his
simplest visual action When a newsboy
rushed mt him with n paper, meaning to
sell it like lightning before 1t became old
and worthless by the arrival Of later edi-
ton, the Englishman went through the
same serious preliminaries with his glasses
and ended by making the little arab feel
that he also had been discovered, that no
one had ever looked at him before. Indeed,
the startled lad shot his own eyes all over
himself as II he suspected that he had been
seen all over and might find himself naked.
Thus the Englishman looked at Coney Is
land, after 1t had grown ancient under In
dian, Dutch, English and American rule,
and discovered 1t and brought to 1t case
of apollinaris and a bathtub, so as to be
sure to have those luxuries while he was
there. Julian Ralph In Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
Copper Country o. D.
n. S. Lodge Will
Unite
And Celebrate at Hancock.
MT l.. hennes Entertains n Number
or Guests with Pleasant Out
ing-Other News.

On Thursday, August 20, occurs the
county reunion and picnic OF the o. oh.
;. lodges oil the copper country at the
Hancock grove under the auspices of
Lake Superior Lodge, OF Hancock. The
grand parade will commence at the Port
age Lake bridge. where the visiting
lodges will be met. II will be under the
direction OF DR.. A. Gasser, as grand mar
shall, with George Widmeyer, Arno Jaeh.
mig, Joseph Class, Joseph Widmeyer,
IL. Saam, II. Ernest, Christ Zimmerman.
Il. Hofer and G. Wren az aids. The pa.
rade is expected to start at 10 O'Clock
a. m. Arrived at the park an address
will be made by Paul Schenk, of Lake Su-
perior Lodge. Dinner will be served
at the grove and there will be music for
dancing during the afternoon and even
ing. The Quincy Excelsior band has
been engaged for the entire day. The
following committee of arrangements
has made every effort looking toward
the enjoyment OF the visitors: Albert
Gutsch, Christ Zeigler, Nick Donglinger,
George Wren, Paul Schenk. Arno Jaeh-
mig and George Schneider. The follow
ing gentlemen will receive the visiting
brethren and generally look after every
ones comfort: Fred Bellng, Henry brit
tier, Sr., Andrew Link, Conrad Reyer and
William Mertz. Admission to the grove
all day, 20 cents, ladies free.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
Arousing Interest.

The Christian Endeavorers Of the
Melville Presbyterian church, Montreal,
are in the habit Of sending bundles Of
good literature to country minister,
who uses them in his itinerant preach
ing. At one town the papers aroused so
much interest that the people were led
to come to the services again and again.
Now the interest in religious things has
become 30 marked that small church
has been erected in the town.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
The Rrfnlanders,

Mutual Fire insurance company Of
Houghton and Keweenaw counties, or
ganised in 1890 according to the laws Of
the State Of Michigan. will insure proper
ty OF it's mem ers. Have paid fire losses
over 5000 during its existence. The
company paid back during the last year
to sixty-two Of it's members OF i,ve years
standing SO per cent OF their premiums.
amounting to $500. Will pay back
during this year on the same rate to
thirty-six members OF Ave years stand
ing 81. 447. On the first day Of July
the company had Ala members, $751;
800 worth Of property incurred, and
$7,611.27 in treasury. For further par
ticulars apply to the undersigned.
JOHN BLoMovsr, President.
ALEX LENoNEN, Secretary.
Office, 44S Pine street, upstairs, Red
Jacket.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
Reinforcing Our Souls.

No one has lived the inner life with
out seasons of early passions when the
romance Of Jesus has captured the soul,
without seasons Of later declension when
the greenery Of spring grew gray in the
city dust. 1t is in such hours of GOODNESS
and WEAKNESS we ought to re-enforce
our souls with the sacrament of the
bread and wine. Ian Maclaren
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-14
A minister Of the gospel living on Port

A minister Of the gospel living on Port
age Lake has been studying the financial
question and has evolved some unique
ideas. With Coins Financial School
in one hand and the bible In the other
the expounder Of the scriptures has come
to the conclusion shat God in his Inn
nate wisdom has placed the two metals
gold and silver. In the ground at ratio
Of 16 to l." This goes little ahead oil
Bryan's cross Of gold and the crucihxion
OF silver thereon.