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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
prug Cleric Oreanizine.


Within the past few months a State
organization has been formed by the
drug clerks Of Pennsylvania. The or
ganization was secretly projected in
Philadelphia last August and has
spread over the entire State. The un-
ion was organized to obtain higher
wages for drug clerks.
The wages clerk receives, $40 and
$12 week for qualified assistants and
SIS to $18 for registered managers, has
led to the movement. These wages the
clerks complain Of all the more bitterly
because they have to work from twelve
to eighteen hours day and seven days
in the week.
The scheme of the league rests upon
the stringent regulations thrown about
the sale of drugs in that State. No 9TH
er State in the Union supplies just the
same conditions, and on this the clerks
base their hopes of success. Through
out the State the league is in -four
ishing condition and growing rapidly.
Dues are fixed at SIP year, which will
go for fund to support the clerks
when the strike is on. Regular meet
ingS are held every month. y
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
Bicyclists and Lightning.

A great deal of nonsense has recently
been published in quasi-scientiic papers
to the effect that man mounted on a
bicycle is perfectly safe in a thunder
storm, because he is supposed to be in
sulated from the earth by the rubber
tires of his machine. The fallacy of this
reasoning is shown by the fact that more
than one case has happened in which a
bicyclist has been instantly killed while
hurrying home on his wheel. In one in
stance, the cap, shirt and coat of the
rider were torn to shreds, and his chest
and abdomen were severely burned.
Many wheelmen have relied upon their
rubber tires for safety while astride of
their steel machines during electrical
storms. thinking themselves insulated
from the ground thereby. In such cases
the tires are usually covered with film
of water from the rainfall, and they are
not to be relied upon as adequate protec-
ton against the mighty electromotive
force that bridges the great air-gap Of
lightning stroke. The safest thing a bl-
cyclist, as well as a pedestrian, can do
during q thunderstorm is to seek the
shelter of some building with doors and
windows closed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
Sherman as a Bimetallist.

During the monetary conference in
Paris, when silver in our country was
excluded from circulation Ivy being I'M
dervalued, was strongly in favor
of the single standard Of gold, and
wrote letter, which you will find in
the proceedings of that conference,
stating briefly my view. At that time
the wisest of us did not anticipate the
sudden fall of silver or the rise of gold
that has occurred. This uncertainty of
the relation between the two metals is
one of the chief arguments in favor of
a monometallic system, but other ar
guments, showing the dangerous eff
feet upon industry by dropping one Of
the precious metals from the standard
of value, outweigh in my mind all
theoretical objections to the bimetallic
system. I am thoroughly convinced
that, if it were possible for the leading
commercial nations to fix by agree
ment an arbitrary relation between
silver and gold, even though the mar
ket value might vary somewhat from
time to time, it would be measure of
the greatest good to all nations.-John
Sherman in 1873.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
what Free Silver Will Do.

Free silver will at once raise ex-
change rates between Europe and all
Asia, and also between Europe and
South America, thereby greatly stimu-
lating our export trade to four-fifths
of the inhabited world, and will also
at the same time secure expansion of
the exports of the United States to
Europe. For lack. Of this expansion,
and consequent favorable trade bal
ance, that great debtor nation is to-day
insolvent, borrowing its pay with diff
ficulty and at high rates, and piling
higher that debt burden which be-
comes more and more intolerable with
each fresh fall Of prices. Whatever
the United States, in raising the level
of silver exchanges, acCo'nplishes for
her own benefit, she accOmplishes
equally for every white farmer and
white working man everywhere
Moreton FreWen.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
For an Eight-Hour Dav.

Some of the most prominent members
of the Central Labor Union Of the Dis
trict of Columbia are seriously discus
sing q proposition made to them by
some of the labor leaders III New York
City to unite with the latter in the or
ganization into one great body of ALI
the crafts whose national organizations
have expressed a preference for an
eight-hour day, and also that when
formed the new union shall take up the
question as unit and push the sub
ject to satisfactory conclusion.
General Labor Notes.
Bartenders in Detroit are organizing
The coopers IN Chattanooga have or
gained.
Bakers in Yonkers, N. Y, formed
union.
A labor exchange has been started in
Fruita Col. IS
The meat cutters in Rochester, N. ", Il
have organized.
wooden mill in Woonsocket cut
wages per cent.
Bookkeepers have twenty-five local
bodies and are considering the project
of forming a national organization. E,
The pastor of a Los Angeles church
called a meeting at his church for the
purpose of inducing men to join unions.
Cincinnati unemployed printers want
the union to procure a Mergenthaler so
they may learn to become operators,
and benefit entertainments to that end
have been started. Ne
The Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault
Ste. Marie Railway has tried the ex-
pertinent of letting each locomotive en-
gineer hire his own fireman. and the
plan is said to have worked very we'll.
1t is COW proposed toilet each conduc-
tor hire his own brakeman.
The Laborers' Protective Union, con-
sisting of eleven divisions in New York,
has agreed with the employers associa-
ton of that city that eight hours shall
constitute a days work and 30 cents
the wages per hour, the agreement to
be in full force for ore year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
An Air-Pump Argument.

Every attempt to restore silver, every
appeal pointing out the awful effects
which have followed its demonetiza-
ton, has been met and fought back. The
old cry has been time and time again
raised: ''If you try it, all the gold will
drift away; if you try it, there will be
a panic" which is precisely as though
some people had man i'll an air cham
Der, and had exhausted nearly all the
air and stood with one hand hold of
the pump handle, saying to him: IF
you dare to kick, we will give you two
or three strokes and take away what
air you have."-Salt Lake City Trib-
me
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
Dress in Boomers.

Englishwomen are considering serious
ly the advisability of having their maid
servants dress in knickerbockers, not
but as a wonderful saving in fine china.
porcelain, pictures on easels, and all of
the numerous expensive knick-knacks
which women's skirts manage to upset
and break. The agitators of the idea,
chief among whom is Lady Harberton,
also claim for it that in doing away with
interfering skirts, a double amount of
work will be accomplished through facili-
ty of action acquired, and there will be
avoided also large amount of dust that
is carried about in skirts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12

very great. For one thing, it seems
reasonable to infer that the Indian
minis would be reopened, and it is not
improbable that several embarrassed
countries, like, for instance, Argentina,
would decide that standard of value
good enough for the United States
would be good enough for them, also.
II that were to happen, silver might
rise very considerably.-Lon Statist.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12

Would Cause Revival in Business
The Rev. DR.. T. De Witt Talmage
says: "If the silver people win, be-
lieve there will be such a revival in
business, such booming in industries,
which are now inactive, and such q
general shaking up of commercial in
terests that the country will be sure to
prosper"
Ex-Governor John P. st. John, in an
swering the goldite silver dumping
theory, said: II always say, let 'em
dump-if they want to be so foolish. If
they dump all the silver in the world
here and take out all the gold we would
have $50 per capita of standard money,
every dollar worth 100 cents, while
the rest of the world averaged about So
per capita in gold. The effect of such
q transaction would be uneXampled
prosperity in this country and ruin and
bankruptcy unparalleled in the others.
mo large amount of silver could
come; it would benefit us if it did come.
''The United States, therefore, should
stop the double robbery of her people
required by a gold standard and vote
free coinage alone"
The production of the ten chief
wheat-growing nations of the world
from 1880 to 1887 was 1925, 100000
bushels; from 1883 to 1894 the average
production was 1904, 100000 bushels.
The population, however, Of the wheat
eating nations averaged for the form
er period 397, 100000, and for the latter
period 434,O00O00, so that the per
capita supply for the earlier period was
four and one-half bushels annually,
while for the latter period it was
fraction more than four and one-third
bushels. Here you have reduction in
supplies, and yet fall of 30 per cent.
in the price of wheat.
Falling prices lead to lower wages
and enforced idleness, and for such loss
in income the wage-earner is not by any
means compensated; for retail prices
(for reasons that are oDvious) fall but
slowly and not so far or fast as the in
come Of the Wage-earner. So the wage
Garner is impoverished by falling
prices even though nominal rates of
wages udy NC hCpL AIO1u Ad111AS COAA-
mensurately with the fall in wholesale
prices. And the result of this is, of
course, that neither farmer nor manu-
facturer can reduce the cost of prOduc-
ton proportionately with a fall in
prices of their products such as is in
separable from an approaching meas
ure of value. Inability to reduce and
inability to cut wages as fast as whole
sale prices fall, make this out of the
question. Consequently, falling prices
cut into the profits of the farmer and
manufa cturer and thus lead to cur
tailed production the result of
which must be enforced idleness to
many wage-earners, and enforced idle
ness for many soon leads through the
struggle for work to lower wages for
all.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
TAX DEED NOTICE.
Notice of the Expiration of the
Time for the Redemption Of
Lands Sold for Taxes
for the Year 1898.
OFFICE oF@THE COUNTY CLERK, I
Villas County, Wisconsin.

To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given~that the following
lots or tracts of land sold May 18th, in the
year 1894, for the taxes due and unpaid for
the year 1893, remain unredeemed in the Of
fee Of the county clerk of Villas county,
Wisconsin; that opposite the description. Of
each tract or lot or part thereof, in the fol-
to whom assessed and the amount of axes,
interest and charges calculated to the last
day of redemption due on each.
p now @ nneSs me ne taxes beren
described shall be paid on 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 GOLDMAN,
County Clerk, Villas Co., Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
Ont of the Eremy,s Moulin.

If the United States minis were free
ly opened to the coinage Of silver, the
gold in the Treasury We're all with
drawn, and silver made the only metal
lie money which the Treasury could
pay out. the impression made upon the
rest Of the world would probably be
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
viii Gold Cheaper in Any Case?

Will G old Cheaper III Any CaseT
Alterations in the cost of production
of the precious metals do not act upon
the value of money, except just in pro,
portion as they increase or diminish its
Quantity.-John Stuart Mill.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12

Live and Let Live Not the Policy.
Quick has been the monopOlistic press
to see the injustice to the credito"
classes from a deprecated dollar, but
to the equal injustice of an appreciat-
ing dollar to the debtor classes, and to
the grievouS wrongs done to all pro-
ducers by such a dollar, they have been
and are perversely blind. To reap the
unearned gains Of an approaching dol
lar the creditor classes have been quite
content, and their organs have seen
no injustice in dollar that has grown
dearer and dearer from year to year,
and that has enabled them to profit at
the expense Of their debtors. But when
the producing and debtor classes tire Of
being stripped Of their earnings
through the subtle workings Of the ap-
preciating gold standard, when they
demand that justice be done them, that
silver be restored to it's place as money,
so that the measure in which they are
obliged to measure those products with
which they must pay their debts shall
not grow in length from year to year,
and when they assert their right to re-
pay their creditors in dollar Of no
greater value than the dollar borrowed,
the mouthpieces of the creditor classes
are quick to sound an alarm, and to
stamp dishonest regulators all those
who revolt against the payment of an
increased tribute, year after year, for
the use of money borrowed, and who re-
fuse longer to submit to the eXtortions
of an approaching measure of value
that requires the payment Of principal
and interest in our loans in a dollar of
greater value, of greater purchasing
power, than the dollar borrowed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
THE PUBLIC DEBT.

Here are some appalling facts: In
1865 our national debt was $2,825, 000,-
600. In 1895 our national debt was ST.
125,OO0,0O0. From 1866 to 1895 we paid
in interest on this debt the vast sum Of
$2,635, 100000. In the same period we
paid on the principal $2,7O0,00O,0
Total paid on interest and principal
from 1866 to 1895, $685., 100000.
Yet to-day our national debt is actu-
ally as large as it was in 1866, our abil-
ity to earn the money with which to
pay it having decreased to such an eX-
tent that it requires twice the effort to
earn q dollar, gold having appreciated
nearly 30 per cent since 1866.
John Clark Ridpath, the great Amer
lean scholar and historian, shows the
earning power of our people in 1866 by
the following table giving amount OF
the nine principal staples required to
pay the debt at that time:
of wheat 1,4S6, S42, 1O5 blu.
OF -four ... 262, 79O, 696 bbls.
VI cotton .......... O,0Oo,1IoOoo us
OF mess pork 99,576,313 bbls.
OF sugar %, 393, 348, 314 lbs.
OF wool $3.50, 1SS, $40 lbs.
OF beef . 1S1,697,213 cwt.
OF bar iron Al. S51, 1851, S51 lbs.
OF superior farming
, lands above approx
imately) ...... ..31 ,666, 6G6 acres.
Now, in 1895 the public debt was re-
duced to 81, 125, 100000, and yet the
amount of these same staples required
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-12

proximately). -. .35,357 1872 acres.
In other words, the debt to-day is
worth more to holders of the bonds
than in 1866 and the burden on the
people is greater than in 1866.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-05
INDIAN HOMES.
The Earth Lodge the Most Elaborate
Structure of the Red Man.

The Earth Lodge the Most Elaborate
Structure of the Red Man.
The most elaborate structure used
as a dwelling by the Indians Of the
West, writes Alice G. Fletcher in the
Century Magazine, was the earth lodge.
The outline-a circle with an OblOng
toward the east-was care
fully measured and traced on the
ground, the sod cut from within the
figure, and the earth we'll tramped by
the feet of the builders. The framework
was of poles, and the dome-shaped roof
of closely laid poles was supported by
large posts, five or more in number, ct
In a circle little back of the central
fireplace. Outside the wall of poles
great bundles of the coarse prairie
grass were laid, and over all double
layer Of sods, so that when completed
the wall was nearly two feet thick at
the bottom, and sloped gently to the line
where it joined the roof, which was also
and bloom, except at the top, where
very thick. To frame it we'll about the
central opening required considerabl
skill. The exterior resembles mound
more than dwelling. The grass creeps
upon it, and over it the birds drop
seeds, from which flowers grow, so that
it Is completely covered with verdure
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-05
Yonnr. hut Vigorous.

There is young but vigorous won.
ans club at Valley, which is so blessed
with enthusiasm that its ID members
have met regularly during the hot
weather, while their Omaha sisters
have been having their long vacation to
recuperate after their arduous labors
during the club year. The Valley club
was organized last May, but it bids fair
to be model to other clubs in more
WAYS than one Mrs. Whitmore. the
president, is an all around woman.
whose interest in all progressive move
ments does not interfere with her devo-
ton to family of half dozen little
ones and the successful management of
a large household. Mrs. Woodford OF
Weeping Water, auditor of the state fed
Grafton, and Miss Fairbrother OF The
Woman's Weekly were visitors at re-
cent meeting of the club and were much
pleased with it. 1t will become mem
Der of the State Federation of Clubs,
and as such will be allied with the q.
F. w. C.-Omsha World-Herald.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-05

Joy and keenest grief came TO them.
There were born and died their two
children. During the fourteen veal
they lived in Washington Mrs. McKjn-
ley gave many pretty receptions. and
was one of the most popular ladies in
the capital. While at Columbus the
Governors wife did not take an active
part in society matters. She Is Of a
quiet, retiring disposition, lovable and
Of an altogether charming personality.
She is good musician and is passion
ately fond of the piano, which she
plays well.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-05
MRS. WIN. M'klNLEY.
The Charming Woman Who May BE
"The First Lady in the Land"

TIE Charming Woman Who May Be
"The First Lady in the Land"
Mrs. William Mckinley, who may be
'the first lady in the land" was Miss
Ida Saxton, the daughter of James A.
Saxton, a banker and one OF the
wealthiest and most prominent men IN
the country around Canton, Ohio. IL
was in 1866 that Major Mckinley, then
a STRIPPING of a soldier, went to Can
ton to visit his relatives and met ana
loved Miss SaXton. The bankers daugh-
ter was at that time only a school glfI,
and the young soldier was perforce re-
quired to contain himself. Besides, ne
had no money, and the young ladys
family was immensely rich. He de-
parted, but only after telling Der his
mind. A few years later he returned
to the attack, and his good star went
with him. For, although he was only
a struggling lawyer, and was fighting
many gallant fellows, who were suitors
for the hand Of Miss SaXtOn, now
grown into beautiful young woman,
Mr.. Saxton favored the plucky young
attorney who, to his keen eye, was rich
in all but money. They were married
In 1871, and they are to-day as great
lovers as they were a quarter of Il cen
fury ago. Every moment the great
politician can steal from his busy life
he spends with his wife, and his hours
with her are the happiest Of his exist
ence. They lived at first in house to
which they returned after many years
of absence at will be like living our
honeymoon over again." said Mr.. Nc
Kinley, when they decided to move.
1t was in this house that their greatest
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-03-05
SUMMER SONG.

Nug me song of the summer time.
OF the fire in the sorrel and ruby clover,
Where the garrulous bobolinks Tilt and cnlme
Over and over.
Sing me song of the strawberry oent
OF the black cap hiding the heap OF stones
Of the milkweed drowsy with sultry SEEM
Where the bee drones.
Sing me q song of the spring head stiH'
OF the dewy fern in the solitude -,
Of the hermit thrush and the whlppoor"lh
Haunting the wood.
Sing me song of the cleaning scythe,
OF the scented hay in the buried VAIN,
of the mowers whistling bright and biltne
In the sunny rain
Sing me song of the ounce and the gage
OF the apricot by the orchard WALL
Where bends my love Armitage,
Gathering the fruit of the wlndfali.
Sing me song of the rustling, slow
SWAY of the wheat as the WINS Groom
IF the golden disk and the dreaming glow
OF the harvest moon.
Duncan Campbell Scott in Scrlbners.