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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06
AMERICAN SEAMAN A SLAVE.

The personal treatment accorded
the seaman by American ships Off
GERS is the most oppressive, because
the most acute, feature of his life.
Extreme brutality is the rule, almost
without exception. 1t is standing
charge against our maritime law that
it requires no qualification other than
that of citizenship on the part of sail
ing-ship officers. In this respect the
United States stands alone among
maritime nations of any consequence.
The result is that the men in authority
on board American ships are chosen
for their ability to drive" i. e., to
beat, the men under them, rather
than for their ability as seamen and
navigators. The reputation thus
attained finds it's sequence in an
esprit de corps leading to the COM
mission of the most wanton bru-
talities conceivable by minds trained
to ingenious methods of inficting
torture upon their subordinates, and
undeterred by the fear of conse<
quences, social or legal. The frequent
recurrence of seamen's charges against
chips officers, and the mOnOtonous
regularity with which these charges
are dismissed by the courts, has
created a feeling of Indifference, and
even scepticism, on the part Of the
public. The charges made by the sea-
men appear incredible when judged
by the standard of conduct prevailing
at sea and is one of practical slavery,
in which a Legree is an actual person
if1cation. An investigation shows that
during the past eleven years more
than one hundred ships crews have
brought charges against their off,
GERS in ports of the United States
alone. This list includes only those
cases that have come most promt-
nently before the public. Character
istic features Of this record are: Fiji
teen deaths resulted from the treat
ment received; many cases resulted
IN the loss of limbs, eyes, or teeth, and
in other injuries Of a permanent char
acter, including insanity; several
suicides are attributed to persecu-
ton; only seven convictions were OBJ
tanned, and, with one exception, the
penalties inflicted were merely nomf-
nal; the names of certain ships and
their officers recur frequently in the
list.
At the present moment an American
boy named Amos Stone, a native OF
Boston, and the son of respectable
parents, is an inmate of lunatic
asylum at Seattle, Washington, as the
result of treatment received at the
hands of the officers of an American
ship Another American boy, Eph-
rain w Clark, has been confined in
Thomaston (Maine) penitentiary for
more than twenty-three years for
mutiny under circumstances of the
most extreme provocation. Such cases
contain sufficient explanation Of the
native Americans aversion to the sea-
Walter Macarthur in the February
Forum.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06
OTHER PEBBLES.

A young man went to see her,
Another one was there,
He felt as if he wanted
To say a great big swear.
She came to meet him at the door,
The young man looked at her;
She said to HON, please call no more. .
To this he made reply
'AlthO you're very pretty,
And sometimes called a peach,
You always must remember
You're not the only pebble on the
beach" Eek.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06
ASBESTOS KNOWN LONG AGO.

Asbestos is generally supposed to be
a modern thing, yet in 1871 an as
bestos handkerchief was shown to
the Royal society as a great curiosity
by DR.. Plot, who had bought it from
a traveller on his return from China.
They called it salamander's wool. DR..
Plot saturated the handkerchief with
oil and threw it into a fierce char
coal fire. The oil burned off, but the
handkerchief remained intact.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06
SHAKESPEARE JAPANNED.

Several of Shakespeare's plays have
recently been translated into Japan
csc. The Japanese are likely to find
them absurdly short for actual stage
use. A Japanese play begins in the
morning and lasts all day.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06

Wausau, Wis, March LIN a quar-
rel as to the superiority of German or
Polish soldiers, George Karlos, a Ger
man, was stabbed three times In the
left side by julius Heidelmann, who
was arrested. 1t is thought that Kar-
los will recover.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06
NO PITY FOR THE POOR BIRDS.

Hampton Fur, who lives only a
few miles from Locust Level, in Stan
ley county, spent Wednesday night
here on his way to Charlotte. He had
in a large sack II dozen birds, which
were engaged at that place. He says
that he and his brother had killed them
since Monday morning. He gets so
cents per dozen for them.-Concord
IN. c. Standard.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-06

Ex-Gov. Wells of Louisiana is
dead aged 81.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15
SOUAN CREEK FOLKS
JEP JONES TELLS HOW A CHURCH CHOIR
UPSET THE TOWN
By NJ QUAD

done about IL you'll never see another
wreck come ashore on this beach.
call upon ye TO rise and throw off the
yoke of despotism."
1t was the same with Joe Saunders,
Friday Bebee. Good Intent Jones and
three OF four other men. They had bin
singin' away fur is years, and thought
every note of it went straight up to
Heaven as a sort of advertisement fur
Squan Creek, but 1t didn't take the wild
der five minits to turn 'em down. She
said II had all bin whoopin' and beller-
in, instead of singin'. and that they
didn't know a note from a dog-shark.
Each of 'em went forth to talk about
tyranny, despotism, l776. and the en-
term wedges of Satan; and red-hot
times had come upon us. The women
was wuss than the men. Joab Hender-
sons wife had bin sort O. leadin' the fe-
male side in church singin', and durin'
the Is years she'd gradually loosened
almost every tooth in her head. She
sung fur the Wilder Scott, and she put
bt hull soul into it and calkerlated that
ha'' the angels in Heaven was clappin'
their hands in applause. but when she
60 through the wilder said:
Mrs. Henderson. If this was grand
orera you'd be in ii up t, the ears, but
yer voice is to, powerful fur quire.
You'd hev 10 git it down where it
might break in two on you and be no
further good"
She told about ten of em the same
thing. and the hull crowd was tickled
TO death at fust, but it presently got
out that the wilder was guyin' and
then there was no goin' to bed before
midnight. quire of six was finally
got together, and one Sunday it was
announced that they would do the
singin', Then the row grew into re-
bellion. Word was passed around and
so many folks turned out fur church
that the pews wouldn't hold 'em. When
it got along % the siugin' we all had
our eyes on Deacon Spooner. He was
there and he had his tunin'fork all
ready. Once in awhile he wosld roll
his eyes up to the ceilin' as If askiu
the Lord to forgive him fur what he
was about TO DO, but at the same time
be was calm and determined. At length
the preacher gave out the hymn: I'VE
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15
POTATOES FOR SILAGE.
Prof. Henry, the Wisconsin Author
ity, Is In nclined to Discourage
Their Use.

Prof. W. A. Henry, of the Wisconsin
agricultural college, makes the follow
ing interesting and practical comments
on an article in Wisconsin Agricul
turist. entitled "Ensiling Potatoes"
The article is an interesting one from
several points. In central | am not in
favor of putting root crops into silo,
The turnip, beet or potato when taken
from the ground in the fall and stored
in the pit or cellar is living object and
under normal conditions loses only a
very little of its substance from week o
week because when dormant the condi-
ton of life is maintained at the mini
mum of food requirements. The root
in the cellar or pit wastes little day by
day, but the loss is small. When we cut
up or slice roots and put them in the
silo, life is destroyed and lamentations
and decay set up at once, and these
proceed quite rapidly under almost any
conditions. Beets and turnips contain
90 to "a per cent. water. Because so
very watery, these substances are not
in any way suited for silage; the pota-
to, on the other hand, contains about
20 per cent. dry matter, or as much as
green corn forage. 1t is possible this
particular root or fuber may be used
with success for silage. / cannot be-
lieve, however, that putting potatoes
into the silo is very practical or that
this material will become common as
siiage substance. If potatoes are very
low-priced in the fall. farmers general
ly hold them in pits or cellars. waiting
for rise, and only feed them to stock
in the spring when the markets are un-
satisfactory. To place them in n silo
in the fall cuts of all opportunity for
sale at later date. Viewing the mat
ter from all sides, ii seems to me our
farmers, especially where corn can be
grown, had better rely upon that great
forage plant for silage material and
handle the potato crop much after the
present plan.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15
SCRUBS MUST GO.
No stockman who sticks TO
Can Reasonably Expect to ""
Both Ends Meet.

Scrub stock is not always oreu 'has
way. The best and bluest blood known
TO breeders may be made TO prihg ~
progeny of the scrub order by careless
ness ON the part of the feeder >.
The old saying that well fed is hai'
bred" is not merely saying ~
founded on truth, and as statement
quite exact. The veriest scrub may oo
made quite respectable by proper ieeu-
ing. but il can never be made pure
bred animal. 1t has not in 1t the quar-
ity TO assimilate feed and put it TO gooo
use that is inherited by the pure-preu
animal, and the feed given TO II VIII
never produce the results that wouiu
have been shown If the care ana sNiii
that lies behind the pure-bred beast
had had some part in making 1t up
There is no excuse for scrub Stock
whether bred or made so by careless
ness. Scrubby horses or cattle marx
the owner as being at once noh-pro-
gressive and ill-fitted for breeding or
feeding. A man may not be financially
able to stock his farm with pure-bred
stock, but even the poorest farmer may
command the services of good sires
and in this way secure the dement's OF
good blood. The first remove from
scrub where a pure-bred sire is used
shows an improvement, and four re-
moves will generally produce an an
imal that will pass for high grade
and possessing the good qualities OF
the breed it has been graded up with
Happily, the day of bred scrubs "
about past Very few genuine penny
royal" steers are to be found now, and
each year they become fewer. The
scrub made so by lack Of care and care
less feeding is still too much in EVIL
dence. 1t will not disappear as long as
corn stover is left in the field for cat
tie to forage on during the winter. No
profit can result from any kind OF
scrubs. and the man who allows them
to remain on his farm and continue 10
be scrubs will be the one who is ready
to testify that there is no chance for
him to make both ends meet.-Farmer's
Voice.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15

Our church had been runnin' along
fur is years without any trouble, ex-
cept that some folks didn't pay their
pew-rent until the last dog was hung.
We didn't sing nuthin' but old-fasb-
doned hymns, but Deacon Spooner allus
give us the key with his tunin'-fork
and everybody sung fur all be was
worth. With the doors and winders
open OF a summer day, our singin of
'Rock of Ages could be heard clear
across to Porpoise Island. Nobody
wasn't fndin' the least bit O. fault
when a wilder woman named Scott ar
rived at Squan Creek to pass the sum-
mer with her cousin. She was sort o
tony and stuck up, and after she had
attended church once she got at the
preacher to have quire. AT fust his
hair stood up at the thought Of il, and
he says TO her:
'It would never, never do. The peo-
pie wouldn't stand it. and the Lord
would be agin' it,"
But the wilder was a persistent
woman, and she hung right TO him, and
talked and argued till he seen things
differently. He finally give his consent
fur her TO organize a quire, and then
the ruction begun. Every body had bin
<ingin' as loud as he could. and either
long-metre or short-metre, and nobody
was goin' to give up without kick.
When Deacon Spooner heard of the
idea, he banged his tunin' fork agin
the gate-post till the sing of II was
heard all over town. and said:
i've bin leadin' the singin' in this
town fur is long years, and never
pitched a tune too high nor too low,
If the Lord hadn't bin pleased with my
,eingin' / should hev heard of ii long
ago. Them church quires is an inven-
tion of Satan. It's the fust step to-
wards Dustin up a church and hevin'
the pastor hung for murder and the
deacons sent TO state prison fur high
way robbery. If thar's anything of the
sort set a-goin in Squan Creek shall
sell out and move away inside of
week, fur We may look fur the fate of
;Sodom and Gommorrah right here"
One of our best singers was Moses
Perkins. He had a mouth on him like
a hole in highway bridge, and a voice
which would carry five miles agin'
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15
THE LECTURE OF A NOVELIST.

A well-known novelist delivered q
lecture recently in which he read selec-
tions from his own works. His reputa-
tion and the society that engaged him
brought together an audience COM
posed of the best people Of the neigh
borhood. After the lecture, when peo-
pie met, ii was the proper thing for one
to ask the other:
Were you at the lecturer" And the
answer In every case was:
"On, yesl was there, but l didn't
hear a word. Did you hear the lee
ture?"
well, no! Twas there. but couldn't
hear, either"
A friend who met the novelist few
days after his visit to the suburban
town asked him what kind of audience
be had, and how he liked the town.
"It's fine place" was the reply. "and
I had the most attentive audience that
l have ever spoken to. No one made .
sound. and did not have to raise my
voice above a whisper"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15

Shall Meet Beyond the River" At the
same time everybody outside the quire
turned to: I'm Going Home To-Mor-
row." As the quire started in the Dea-
con banged that tunin'-fork ngin' his
pew and opened his mouth. and two
different tunes was bein' sung at once.
Mebbe you kin imagine what sort of a
high-jinks performance that was.
Every singer in the quire screamed as
loud as he could and everyone outside
of 1t used all the breath he had. Chill
dren left at home that day few under
the bed and went into fits when they
heard the noise, and over at South
Shore, four miles away, the preacher
stopped in his sermon as he got the
sound of the racket and said to his con-
gregation:
brothers and sisters, 1t seems that
they are playing baseball over at
Squan Creek on this holy day. Not
only that, but the hull population has
probably turned out to mob and muir
der the poor umpirei"
When the squire and the congrega-
ton had finished its hymn both sides
sat down. The preacher was awfully
upset. and the best be could do was
to preach a sermon about IS min
utes long. There ought to hev bin
more singin'. but there wasn't He was
about TO close with the "Doxology."
but be looked up and saw that the Wild
der Scott had her jaw sot. and he
looked down and saw Deacon Spooner
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15
PIGEONS ON THE FARM.
How TO Build House and Yard
Suited to Their Requirements
in Every Detail.

Among the pets that make life espe-
.ially attractive in the country stand
first and foremost the dainty pigeons.
As we'll try to paint the lily as to at
tempt to fashion a more bewitching
creation thanit is to be seen in this com
bination of grace and feathers, Why
the pigeons are not more commonly
seen about the country places is hard
TO understand, for as a source OF orna-
ment they are preeminent and as
source of delightful companionship
they are unequaled. Their superb airs
and grace, the bewitching posturing
combined with great beauty of form
all unite to make these little friends
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15

with his tunin' fork all ready, and SO
he calmly said:
"May the Lord bless Squan Creek
and make 1t good fishin' season; and
now amen. and Wen all so homei"
The ouire went all 10 pieces after
that day, and there was nobody left TO
oppose congregational singin'; but the
town had been upset and couldn't
gil over 1t in day. Even TO this date,
which is over five years, If one of them
quire folks asks one of the congrega-
tional singers fur chaw of terbacker,
he meets with a prompt refusal and is
told to go TO grass on top O. that.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15
HAULING SORGHUM.
AEanxas Farmer Describes Contri-
vance for Drawing the Hay
to the Stack.

We use a homemade implement for
hauling il from the windrow TO the
stack. The name il goes by here IS
the go-devi. To make one, get three
ioists eight inches wide and ~ feet
long; four scantlings 2X4; cut the PA
in different lengths from four to seven
feet long; take seven Of these pieces
and sharpen one end so that they will
pass under the hay and not catch IN
the ground; lay one Of the l2-foo, pieces
down for the head. cut two pieces one
foot long and lay one at each end OF
the long joist. Then lay on the seven
teeth, placing the long one in the mid
die, see cut, and the shortest ones a,
the end, then the others between the
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15
PIGEON HOUSE AND YARD.

most desirable Accomplishments to
rural life.
Where pigeons are kept it is too
often the practice to house them in
some low loft under the caves, where
it is inconvenient TO visit them and
where the birds often suffer neglect.
If possible it is better to have quarters
upon the ground floor and preferably
in a separate building. The pigeon
house may well be made an ornament
to the place. With this idea in view the
accompanying illustrtion is given.
This represents a small and mex
pensive house built in attractive lines
and thoroughly suited TO the purpose
for which it is intended. A small hall
way runs through the center, giving ac-
cess to commodious room on each
side. A flight" on either end of the
house opens out from these two lofts.
Such a little house, stained and COW
cred with vines, will make very at
tractive addition to any country place,
and will do much toward getting the
children in love with country life and
interested in the companionship of an
imals. Such result will prove bene-
fetal in all ways, and the influence will
remain lasting impression through
life.-American Agrieulturist.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15

middle and the end ones. Ther fit
pieces from the eight-inch joist between
the teeth as tight as possible; then Jay
the other joist on top Of the teeth; bore
holes through the upper and lower
joist and the teeth; put good stout
bolts through them and the teeth.
At the end, outside Of the teeth, shove
a collar round so that a chain can work
loose Oh It and not slip off the end. Bore
few two-inch holes in the head and
put in stakes 10 prevent the hay slip
ping off behind. Fasten a chain or
rope ten feet long 10 each end; hitch
a horse to each end; let boy ride each
horse; go 10 the end Of the windrow;
have a man 10 stand on the go-deyl
to manage it; start the horses along
the windrow until you get load. then
draw it 10 the stack; turn the horses
and pull it backwards until il is clear
OF the load.-D. NJ. Adams, in Ohio
Farmer.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15

gale. When he stood up to sing he
drew a long breath, spit on his hands
and let 'er go, and if he happened to be
feelin' purity good he kept on singin'
till somebody give him kick as hint
to shut of steam. He kinder felt that
jealousy would keep him out of that
-Quire, and he went around sayin':
II amt braggir' to anybody that my
ssingin' has bin the means of keepin' up
sour church and savin' ten or fifteen
souls q year. but kin lay my hand on
my heart and say that when you don't
hear my voice any more you'll find lob
~ters and crabs gittin' powerful
sskeerce."
When the widder took hold to organ
-tze the quire she called fur all the sing
-ers to meet and sing. and then the rrc-
ton grew into row. She asked Abb
--tah Andrews to sing verse of THE
:Eweet By and By" and he rose up and
tied four different tunes in hard
k1ot. He was after more tunes to mix
am when she sweetly says to him:
-Mr. Andrews. viii sing with you
land you may Try the bass. If you will. :"
In singing four lines Abijah hit the
sbass, tenor, alto. and all other sorts.
and finished with a rumble that almost
-crrcked the plaster. He was told to
stand aside, and be went down to Dan
sParker's grocery and said to the as
ssembled multitude:
"A free-born son Of liberty and an
American patriot has bin turned down
and jumped on. and If sunthin' amt
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-15
HandIness with Tools.

1t is extremely important that every
farmer train himself to handling tools
of all kinds II he has forge with
bellows and a Toulouse with turning
lathe he can make extra whiffietrees.
clevises and other articles that are apt
to break when men and teams are busi-
est. Many of these can now be bought
quite as cheaply as they can be hand
made. But there are many things that
are exceedingly handy to have about
the house or barn that cannot be pur-
chased in the stores. The Toulouse
will be one of the favorite places for
boys on the farm to learn to be handy
with tools, and whatever they do in
later life they will never begrudge the
time and experience it has taken to
give them the lessons thus learned.