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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-08-16

eagerly TO meet the coming trooper.
Patches, sir-ran off Ke1ly's mules
and killed his herder and tackled the
ranch at dawn. They skipped away up
the canyon, and the ieutenant's after
them with ten men. He said he knew
the captain would be coming as soon as
the signal was seen. They fred on US,
too, sir, but didn't harm anybody. Six
of US were left to look after the women
and children. It's lucky Downey's peo-
pie had come or they'd all been killed. :"
care the women all safer"
Gall safe, sir, but pretty badly
scared. They must have had a close
call at Kelly's. The old man wouldn't
leave it last night and Mrs. Kelly
wouldn't leave him, but"
'.Then if you're all safe at the post
we'll go right on to Kelly's," said
Turner, impatiently. Assemble on the
right skirmisherp' he shouted to the
fighting line. ssSound the trot, trum-
peter!" and away he vent with his or
derby and few men at his heels to the
point where the right Of the line had
just reached the timber.
But Thornton fingered. FLOWS Mrs.
Downey? Did she get her medicineP"
he asked, uneasily.
'sMrs. Downey's better since the Indi-
ans skipped, sir; but don't know OF
her getting any other medicine. /"
Didn't Leon get backP"
ssNot here, sir. He may be up at Kel-
ly's We didn't suppose he'd attempt
to come back after Ferguson and the
other fellers got in here last night
chasing old Muncey. They must have
run foul of this very band, sir. Muncey
rode in all by himself, he said, to warn
us and Kelly's people, and was then
going"
s ssNever mind him. hope the Apaches
have got him. You are sure Leon never
got back"
stSure, sir. We never knew he'd left
you" And then Thornton turned and
rode hard to the ranch. There stood the
old sergeant, hopping his red face and
modestly receiving Turner's congratu-
lations on the plucky fight he made in
defense Of his home; but the.light went
out of Kelly's eyes when the major burst
forth with:
Sergeant, is Leon with you? Did he
reach you in timer"
Leon, sirs l haven't seen or heard
Of him since yesterday, thought he
was with the women and children down
yonder," and the sergeant pointed to
the old post, his face paling with grief
and apprehension.
81 wish to Heaven he were!" said
Thornton, sadly. Mrs. Downey was
suffering great pain, and the boy rode
all the way to us for the doctor and In
sisted on going back with the medicine.
We never dreamed-at least | didn't
Of Apaches here. God grant they
haven't got him!"
But juss then there rode up from the
direction Of the canyon Sergt. Chari-
ton, with sorrow in his sunburned face.
's1'm afraid they have, major" said he,
dismounting. "See, here's the medi-
cine phial-all we can find of him-and
his pony lies dead at the foot of Signal
Butte"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-08-16
NowIs THE TIME TO GET A HOME

The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way has just published q newspaper
called the Northwestern Home-Seeker.
giving facts about the great state OF
South Dakota and the advantages it
posses for the pursuits of agriculture,
edairying and cattle raising. Lands can
he had at present upon most favorable
terms, and there is indication OF large
immigration into the state thit season.
Correspondence IS solicited fIoul intend
ing settlers, and copy of the paper will
be mailed free upon application to W. B..
Kniskern, % Fifth avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-08-16

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
If you want to quit tobacco using easily
full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 400, 600 cured Buy No-To-Bac Of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, SOC or
SLIGO. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-08-16
CHAPTER v.

It will be remembered that Muncey
with a fleet horse had probably an
hours start Of his pursuers, possibly
more, that he had dropped in at the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
QUEER CONNECTICUT TOWNS.
Others ~ Peculiar ms That or which The sun
Told Not Long Ago.

FTom the Bridge port Standard.
There are some towns in Connecticut, as well as
elsewhere, which are peculiar, and a mar writing
from Norwich to THE Sun gives the following
account of one of them: THE town of Lisbon
contains o4s inhabitants, according to the last
census, and 1877 voters. There are in the town
eight schoolhouses and 1O7 school children.
1t contains five justices Of the peace. one min
lister, one church, no lawyer, no doctor, no in
dustrial work of any kind, no grocery store. no
place where liquor is sold, and no Post Office.
The town has never had a liquor license, having
always voted no license. The town is nine
miles long and six miles wide. The northern
part of the town receives its mail from South
Canterbury. the eastern part from ,Jewett City,
tho southern part from Grecnevllie. and the
western part from Versailles"
Certainly the man who writes to THE [
from Norwich ought TO know about Lisbon, but
II Is strange that with a railroad through it
there is no grocery store, no doctor, no lawyer,
and no industrial ,work, of any kind. There is
no Post Office and perhaps that may account
for the lack OF the other usual and common con-
yeniences of life, The grand list Of the town
Is put down at S2i3.253. with an Indebtedness
Of $lG.279, and a lax rate of Is mills.
Another town peculiar: with a difference. is
put pn'G down IN at no Isl. It, tou SCHOOL i eiil aaGen'ass s.. rt t.
grand list Sl2o,6l6, and its. public debt 1928.
It's tax rate IL 20 mills 81 1t is reached daily by
two Representatives to the General Assembly
at Hartford 1t is a nc-license town. and has
| November last was lOl, divided. Mckinley go,
Bryan none, Palmer 10, Lowering 3. The
goose egg for Bryan made Union the banner
town Of the State.
Marlboro, Hartford county. is another Pc
culiar town and cast the smallest vote of any
town in the State at the November election, its
total poll being 20, although its population is
So. and SO is larger than the population of
either Lisbon or Union. 1t has no doctor,
no lawyer no Clergyman who resides there, and
its school children number only 81. 1t has silk
mills. where the operatives are, presumably,
largely unmarried women. which accounts for
the disprOpOrtiOn of population to voters. II
has two Post Offices and sends two members to
the Legislature, as many as Bridgeport. and 1t
it voted for no license by a majority Of i've
on a total vote Of 55. In some respects it takes
the prize for its noCnlinritiea.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
TIE RETIR ED BUReLhR.
hts CuTieua Experience IN n House will
CrehkInE stairs.

"You know how the stairs puff up." said the
retired burglar, latter you stop using en-,
niHhtsi You crowd EN- down close together,
SOLID. treading on en- all day long, and then
when you let up on 'ein tho tibrcs of the wood
litt up again, and the stairs seem to swell. You
know how they creak, sometimes, and snap a
little, when You go down 'em first in the morn.
ing; and some OF the steps yield n little under
the tread That's them settlin' down into
place again.
love TO hear EN- in the morning. 1t seems
kind o like the stairs wakin' up and speakin' to
you as you go along down. But l don't like to
near en- at night. And at the time l go about
they've had "a chance to do considerable putin.
and no matter how vclvct.footed a man may be
ne cant lessen his weight very well. and go l
learned early TO tread near the wall or near the
oanisters going up stairs, and not on the bow
In tho mindle. The creak. or the little soft
swapping, that sounds so pleasant in the morn
ing, and that nobody wouldn't notice then.
sounds mighty loud at night. when every thing
Is still. II anybody was awake. you know, you
could hear 1t from one end of the house to the
other. To be sure 1t might not alarm anybody,
because there's other sounds in a house at
night; sounds that just make themselves.
Du>, l suppose. to changes in temneraturc.
Boards swell and shrink and shift a little, and
you might hear a little snap somewhere in the
i''oS .hhs Nlnc VI nIknl. pNll 4 dlNhlE nHleu 10
hear The stairs .creak when l was going up 'em.
all the same. Because l always thought that as
likely. as not IL would wake up somebody. and
that | should find somebody sitting up In bed
looking for me when / looked int the door of a
room, and. AS a matter OF fact. that did some
times happen.
Il looked one night, after a wretched pair OF
stairs, into n half-lighted room where | saw a
man. sitting up in bed, over on the other side Of
the room, and looking plumb at tho door that I
was, standing in. Is I told you, l was always
on thu lookout Tor Just this thing. but this man
bnrprlScd me, for all that. He sat there in he'd
all keyed up, and. looking square at me-. |
could see him perfectly plain. and ! knew no
could see me Just as plain, and ] expected every
minute he'd find his voice aud begin to hollcr.
But instead of that he threw the clothes
back off his legs and swung his legs around out
OF bed. and stood up. He put his right hand out
TO locate a chair that stood by the head of tho
bed, and then he started for the door, hands out
n little on each SIDE of him.. and feelin' out "a
little on both sides and sort OF ahead of him as
he came along.
"Humphl Blind. He'd heal I'd the noise and
was going to look for 1t. l might have stood
there and sluRged him easy as he went by, but I
didn't want no ,ra tie with a blind man. I just
went out and left him there lookin'."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
POEMS WORTH READING.



On the dark horse We make our largest winning.
And great results accrue from ANAL beGinnings'
Then mock not him who DER some strange idea
Doth ponder long; doth dream. and scratch MS ear
Tho weakest side hath many q battle won,
And what the future holds IL known 70 none.
rHE HoRBY.HoRsE.
Heavo Heavei What screecnes and squoals
Proceed from the hubs OF tho old wooden whselsi
Let us sing TO the praise
OF the hobby horse days,
When our Grandfather erase
Was to ride the highways
On a clickety .clAckety. grooming and raokety
Sort OF a rail on ~elliptical reels.
TIE HraH wHKE1-
Bumpi Bumpl Twas crudely desIGnedt
And to pedal 1t far was q horrible grind,
Here's a ~Jingling rhyme
OF the boneshaker time,
When, with courage sublime,
Our fathers old climb
To the top of a lubbery. tired. with.hard.Tubbsry
cast.iron wheel. with its young one behind.
THE WHEEL OF TO-DAY.
zzEzipi whiE-E-i II hasn't q pceri
What Joy more entrancine' What motion 10 freeri
To the safety We sing;
OF all cycles the king;
Az we rapidly swing,
Like a bird on the wing.
with q motion estate. on tires pneumatic
OF \ high grade and up-to-dats eighty. four gear.
4. 7. D. ouLnoRE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
Home. Sweet Home.
PHILOSOPHY of q rrEboa. peckhand.,

PHILOSOPHY of . rrgboat peckhand.)
From the chicago Record.
-Yes. sir. home is where the henrt isl which 10 words
In a hook wrote by a party that I uuderstsnd Is dead.
Home, Sweet Homes a tune ! whistle often OF these
when the smell rolls up the river follerin' the steamer
lights.
"In the heart OF ev'ry human is a feelin'. kinder soft,
Fer the 'bidin' place he's uset 70, even II it's Just .
An a s.ttin' on the towpost when we're locked here.
I feel sorry for tho man that has no place 70 call his
with my pipe lit an spunhn'. with the bridge lamps
An the black smoke hangin' heavy in the air just
overhead,
An the garbage in the river bobbin' up and down.
There's a heap of satisfAction to ahome body like me.
-other men may have their millions an their houses.
pu, 7 amt got any envy for them people Of the land
Twenty years I've banked down forrard in the old
She has been my home. an will be. II I'm lucky. till I
"Home-yes. home is where the heart is. an the old
I blowsd nm with her in 40. sunk with her in 80,
Ev'ry plank an rope an r'vet' ev'ry oolthead is .
True an firm an tried an trusted, on the which I
can depend.
Twenty years I've slept down forrArd in the SAms
with eTcrntions OF occasions when It happened I was
with exception of occasions OF a sorry kind when I
Let the wicked city tempt me- from the old Rebecos
Sye.
"This Is home-the greasy water an the sulphur an
the smoke.
An the smcII that comes a,noatn' up the river till
you choke.
An the tootin' o the whistle. an the crashin'. splAsh-
In sound
As the whizzin' old propeller swings some passin' boat
around.
-This ia homa-tho steward calm like . voice ont of
the tomb.
Teiiin' us to come to supper down there Aft the engine
This IA home-with US a-groanin' up the river. pullin'
slow,
An we go chasin' outside. nosin' round to md . tow.
"Let them kings who 1.-Two in castles be a. proudiAh a.
they please;
TO their knees.
That an such like things may be their idy Of q home
hut
Druther have my bunk down forrard In the old Re
becca Syo."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
Audience Coulanr stand the na,.e.

Several years ago there was a local campaign
In Richmond county. A CO.OTed preacher was
addressing an audience OF negro voters al tho
whites were smiling approval. Fellow Citl.
Zcn5, said the eloquent GlylEc, would YOU acl!
your vote for II Z" No." Numbered 300 deni-
mile. Fellow citizens" shouted the orator.
nearing TO his clinnN. would IN soil your
vote Tor 81 r The response ", " still cTeditably
Several times he called on the crowd. carry ing
them through the rising ~ilgures OF vote value.
hui AS the amounts increased tho protests
Groppo of. Fin lily. when the minister uskcd
il am man in the crowd would sci! his vote Tor
recording desk felt like Two icebergs had mel in
the sea after sunaOwu. The point is that there
is a limit to oratOricai climax, and II il better
not ~ 20 too far even With an excited audience
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
The FROG.

Prom LIE.
Once on a time and In q place
Conducive to malaria
There lived q member OF the ra0o
OfRana Temporaria.
Or. more conci>ely still. . frog
Inhabited u certain bog.
A hull OF Brobdingnagian size.
Too proud for condesc"nsion
On" morning. O. an 'ed TO cast MS eyes
CTCE the frog l m"uiinn.
And. being TO the manner born.
Surveyed him with n lofty scorn.
Perceiv ing which, the hactrtan'a frame
With anger wa, inflated.
TIL. growing larger. he became
Egregiously 81 tied,
For Inspirations sudden spell
Had pointed o,t . way to swell.
"Ha he"' he proudly cried. "a nE
For this, your torsol
For | shall shortly h. a. big
As you-or even more sol"
To winch magniloqusn initial Rush
His bullship simply answered "Truhrs
Alas! the frogs success " as slight,
Which really was q wonder.
In view OF how with all his might
He strove to grow rptunder;
And. standing patiently the while,
The bull displayed 4 quiet smile.
But nh. the frog tried once too OFT,
And, doing 40, he busted
whereat the bull discreetly coughed
And moved away disguised.
As well he might. conAidertng
The wretched taste that marked th0 thfnl
GUY WkThoEE CARRTL-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
Autumn's Hour.

From the Pull Mall Gatette.
The wind sweeps through the withered stookr
The danlias AMI sweet peas.
Sweeps through the dripping hollyhocks
And the battered picotees:
Autumn and summer light IL out.
And, look you. this Is Summers rout
Though for a inal desperate fall
He forms his shattered lines
Where underneath the southern wau
T eribbon border shines-
A gallant snow september through,
Like the Old Guard at Waterloo.
Blossom and leaf-yet how shall they
Withstand fierce Autumn 9 might.
His storms { wind and rain Ivy day,
His tews ana fro ITS 10y night?
Nay, one by one the flowers sivo in;
IT'S Autumn's hour and he must win.
Then with poor summer wing low,
Slain Nv his deadly breath,
Generous tOwa.d MS rea'en foe,
He tOrors him In death,
And spreads Tor him a gorgeous pail
OF crimson gold and red withal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
soo,hsa the Mosquito Bite, Set Himself on Fire.

fronl me BtDdIo Courfer'kscOrd.
After being poisoned by a mosquito bite. John
Donahue set himself on firs, and before the
flames were cxtingulshed the icsh OF both hands
and his right fore arm w,.s b4uly burned, One
night recently a hungry mosquito showed his
bill through the top OF DOnaliue's right hand,
Donahue was asleep, and the mosquito drank Its
MI OF blood and then flew away. The spot whore
the mosquitoes bill went through became in
tensely painful. Thinking that alcohol would
relieve tho pain and reduce the swelling,
liquid on some pieces OF muslin, which he
wound AROUND his hand. He I'D this Just be-
fore he ate his lunch At noon yesterday in the
Erie Railway yards, where nc is employed.
After his meal Dor, hue Iilled his pipe Tor a
comfortable smoke. lie struck a match and in
q second Donahue,s hands were living torches.
DonAhue tried hard TO put out Inc IiamGs, but
he only made matters worse. The fre com.
muniIated to the sleeve on the other arm. AS
matters became more and more complicated
| Uonahue's confusion increased. He ran around
N a circle, Wildly throwing his arms about,
thus tanning The fi6mus until they cracked and
wero ,doubly increased in size. Men went TO
Do1ahue's rescue, They trst captured him
Nnd coats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
Concora,. Record for Twins.

Sept. 24.-In Concord township
there is a neighbornood quite prolific of twins.
Within the past few days Mrs. William John
son, Mrs. John Spero, Mrs. George. Daily. Mrs.
Emory Benton. and Mrs, Mike HInkle have each
presented their husbands with "A pair. ,AIof tho
mothers are friends and live in ono nelghDorhood-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
NOTES AND QUERIES.


What arc tho exact words dn French) Of the quota.
ton written by Francis I. OF France Oh a pane OF
glass At FOntainebleau relating TO the variableness OF
women1 E.. I. Y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10

"souvent femme varie.
Bien fol est qui sy ne"
which might be translated:
woman changes. that's the rule;
He who trusts her Ia 4 fool"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10

The Jubilee. with its Anglo-saxon unity. its Anglo
Saxon rule, and Anglo-Saxon race. prompts an In.
Quiry that lutte rests not me alone, but many. What,
broadly and practically speaking, Is an Anglo-SRxon?
Is RUDOLPH Lehman. coach. with his Teutonic name.
an AuRlo-Saxon2 Is Scotland an Anglo saxon coun.
try Are those United States an Ang o.saxon coun'
try II 60, why7 And II not. what rae predoni-
natea2 Arc there any statlstics on this last question?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10

Edward C. Brahm--Wrte to the superintendent of
State Prisons for the Information you wish about
executions at Sing Sing. Auburn, and Clinton prisons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10

population over 10 years old Is b.2; In Oregon. Al
per cent. 3. FreemAn's :" General Sketch OF HiAtory.'
perhaps there are other books.
Does the custom of putting one yellow and ono
Rreen-colored nrecrarkrr In each pack Of hrecrarkers
signify anythingp Did It not originate with the Chi
nese AZ q sort OF trade mark? P.L. u.
The yellow and green crackers indicate nothing
and arc not q trademark. They are inserted in the
pack OF red crackers simply to please the Chinese
cracker maker. Some packs do not have them.
4. z. L.-aeorge L.. Fox died in Cambridge on July
~. 1877.
L. Morse.-Ths date is always on the diverse or
head of Q coin.
n. Mever.-There Is no free land in Florida. Write
to state Commissioner OF Agriculture for information.
T. b. Snvder.-Tho Governor OF Missouri who
offered the reward for the death or capture OF tho
James boys" was Thomas l.. Crittendeu.
Edward C. Brahm.-write to the superintendent OF
State Prisons for the Information you wish about
executions at Sing Sing. Auburn and Clinton prisons,
p. III. Shertdan.-l. Bourko Cochran was never an
Alderman or this city; he did not go to Congress until
after the Jacob Sharp trial. 2. Gen. Mcclellan was
Governor OF New Jersey In 1878. 1879 and 1880, for
one term
r. II. S.-The oolors OF the principal colleges are as
follows; Amherst, purple and white; Barnard. blue
and white; Bowdoln, white; brown, brown and
white; Bryn M4wr. yellow and white; Columbia.
light blue and white; Cornell, carnellan and white;
Dartmouth, dark green; Harvard. crimson; Johns
Hopkins. black and old gold; Lehigh, brown and
white; Institute OF Technology. cardinal and steel
gray; Princeton. orange aud black; Smith. white;
Stanford, cardinal; Stevens Institute. silver gray and
cardinal; University OF California, blue and golu
University OF Chicago. maroon; University OF Michi.
gan. maize and blue; University OF Pennsylvania. rcd
and blue; vassAr. rose and gray Williams. royal pur-
pie; Yale. dark blue. oxfOrd's color u dark blue,
CGnbEtdSos u Light blus-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10

7. b. Snyder.-Tho Governor OF Missouri who
offered the reward for the death or capture OF tho
james boys" was Thomas l.. Crittendeu.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-18
A RIOT In COURT.
Juryman Jerked Before the Judge by
Spectators-Sald He Was Coerced. 4

Juryman Jerked Before the Judge by
Spectators-Sald He Was Coerced.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18-John J. Hanra-
han and Patrick Ferris, judges of elec-
ton in the Seventeenth ward at the
last municipal election, have been con-
victed of classifying the election re-
turns and sentenced to the penitentiary.
Albert j. Purvis. an election clerk who
was on trial with them, was acquitted.
Mrs. Hanrahan became hysterical and
her female friends added their vocal
powers to hers as she sent up shrek
after shrek. The friends of Hanra-
han and Ferris almost caused a riot.
When the jury was about to pass out
of the courtroom two of the prisoners
friends seized Sllas A. Hunt, one of the
manded: "How did you come to con-
vict these men under the evidence?"
II was coaxed into it," replied Hunt.
With jerk that nearly took Hunt
off his feet, the two men pulled the
juror up before Judge Chetlain, who
presided at the trial
This man says he was coerced into
signing this verdict,yo hon Or" cried
one of the men.
But you sig ed it did you not?"
Queried the court.
II did, Z" responded Hunt.
'tThen the court can do nothing"
said Judge Chetlain
"They can bring this matter of al
legged coercion up when the motion for
a new trial is argued" said Assistant
States Attorney Barnes. This remark
attracted attention to the assistant
states attorney, and the excited mob
addressed vile language to him until
the courtroom as cleared. 1t was con-
sidered necessary to send officers with
Mr.. Barnes to his home to protect him
from violence.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1897-12-18
MURDERER OF CHILD HUNG.
A Historically Yelling Mob Surrounded
the Dangling Body.

KANSAS Cry, Dec. William Carr.
the child murderer, has been hanged at
the Clay county courthouse at Liberty,
Mo. Carr was an ignorant backwoods-
man who sought to please his second
wife by drowning his 3-year- old daugh-
ter by his first wife,
arr presented pitiable sight on the
gallows, showing remarkable lack of
nerve. After the drop had fallen the
mass of 600 spectators, as if moved bv
a single impulse. rushed forward, caii-
ing, crying shrieking and laughing as
they surged under the gallows and
packed close around the dangling
corpse for close view. The sheriff
and deputies had great difficulty in
clearing out the hysterlcal mob.
After the execution it became known
that thrifty photographer had been
admitted to the enclosure with a cine
matograph machine, and that he had
been permitted TO photograph the Incl
dents of this revolving tragedy in all IFS
horrible details. The machine was in
operation from the moment Carr an
peared in the enclosure until the body
was cut down, and it is claimed that on
film 1000 feet long 5000 pictures were
taken. An attempt will be made TO ex-
hihit these pictures throughout the
country.